Reuters
Fourteen FARC dissidents and a soldier are killed in fighting in southwestern Colombia
BOGOTÁ, April 17 (Reuters) – At least 14 fighters of the FARC dissidents and one soldier were killed Saturday fighting in a mountainous region of southeastern Colombia as part of the offensive against illegal armed groups involved in drug trafficking illegal mining, the military reported. The dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who rejected the 2016 peace deal with President Juan Manuel Santos, have become a threat to the security of the South American country, according to government sources accusing them of murders. of social leaders and massacres of civilians.