Colombia: Military claims 14 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels killed in raid
The Colombian military has said it killed 14 FARC rebels in a raid on a camp near the Venezuelan border. The leftist fighters were reportedly from a unit responsible for an ambush that killed 14 soldiers in August.
The bodies of those killed during the raid were shown to reporters in Aruca state on Monday. The air and ground attack on the FARC camp located near the town of Tame, in a rural area near the border with Venezuela, was carried out Sunday night, the military said in a statement.
In addition to the 14 killed in the attack, one rebel was wounded and another surrendered.
The army said the rebels killed were part of a FARC group behind a series of sabotage attacks on oil installations, as well as an August ambush that killed 14 soldiers.