Five soldiers have been killed by FARC rebels in the south of Colombia, a regional army commander said Saturday.
According to the commander of the 27th Jungle Brigade, the five men were killed and three more were injured by a roadside bomb detonated by guerrillas.
“While carrying out operations in the area, unfortunately the FARC, that used explosives and elements forbidden by human rights and international humanitarian law, activated a charge as one of the vehicles passed,” Colonel Juvenal Diaz told Spanish press agency Efe.