Colombian Rebels Ambush Army Convoy
BOGOTA, Colombia
Leftist rebels ambushed a military convoy in remote northeastern Colombia, killing 16 soldiers and secret police officers in the deadliest attack on security forces this year, the army said Friday.
The attack took place Thursday in Norte de Santander province, 260 miles northeast of the capital, Bogota. Ten of those killed were DAS secret police officers, Colombia's hybrid equivalent of the CIA and FBI. The other six were soldiers.
The agents and soldiers had been carrying out operations against the country's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, when explosives were detonated alongside their convoy. Rebels then attacked the survivors.
The province of Norte de Santander is one of Colombia's most violent.
Leftist rebels ambushed a military convoy in remote northeastern Colombia, killing 16 soldiers and secret police officers in the deadliest attack on security forces this year, the army said Friday.
The attack took place Thursday in Norte de Santander province, 260 miles northeast of the capital, Bogota. Ten of those killed were DAS secret police officers, Colombia's hybrid equivalent of the CIA and FBI. The other six were soldiers.
The agents and soldiers had been carrying out operations against the country's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, when explosives were detonated alongside their convoy. Rebels then attacked the survivors.
The province of Norte de Santander is one of Colombia's most violent.
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Saturday, April 22, 2006
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