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Drone attack blamed on guerrillas kills at least three soldiers in Colombia
The Guardian • • world
Key Points:
- An attack involving explosives dropped from drones followed by a clash inside a military compound in north-eastern Colombia killed at least three soldiers and wounded four, according to Colombia’s army.
- The National Liberation Army (ELN), a rebel group active since 1964, was blamed for the attack in the municipality of Ocaña, Norte de Santander, near the Venezuelan border.
- Colombia’s president, Abelardo de la Espriella, condemned the attack and vowed to use the full force of the state against those responsible.
- The ELN and dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) are competing for control of the strategic Catatumbo region, a major coca-producing area near the Venezuela border.
- Recent attacks blamed on the ELN include an August explosion outside a police station in Cucuta that injured 11 officers and a car bomb earlier this week that killed at least one civilian and injured 11 others.
