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At slightest 52 guerrilla fighters were killed successful clashes between 2 rival equipped groups vying for territorial control of a strategical cocaine accumulation and trafficking portion successful southeastern Colombia, a faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) progressive successful the warring said in a connection connected Thursday (May 28, 2026).
The clashes, the astir convulsive successful caller months, took spot successful the jungles of the department of Guaviare, adjacent the colony of Barranco Colorado.
Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed connected social media that determination had been warring successful the area, arsenic did the Army, but neither provided details connected the decease toll. Mr. Sanchez said troops had been deployed to the country to support the civilian population.
Reuters was incapable to independently verify the 52 deaths reported by the guerrilla group.
The warring took spot betwixt a dissident faction of the FARC led by Nestor Gregorio Vera, amended known arsenic Ivan Mordisco, and different led by Alexander Diaz Mendoza, known arsenic Calarca Cordoba.
