Surprising rebel attack kills 9 Colombian soldiers
“Nine Colombian soldiers were killed when their post was attacked by Marxist FARC guerrillas in a southwestern part of the country used as a cocaine smuggling corridor by the rebels, officials said on Tuesday.
The attack by about 200 grenade-throwing guerrillas showed that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) can still mount offensive operations despite President Alvaro Uribe’s U.S.-backed military campaign to crush the 45-year-old insurgency.
The battle took place in the town of Corinto, located in the mountainous province of Cauca. Most inhabitants of the town are members of indigenous groups hard hit by Colombia’s war.”
(Source: Surprising rebel attack kills 9 Colombian soldiers | Reuters)
