Colombia: At least 14 Carlos Patino Front (CPF) rebels killed in fighting with Colombian army
Some 14 rebels and one Colombian soldier have been killed in combat between guerrillas and the Andean country’s military, army sources said on Saturday.
Fourteen members of the Carlos Patino front - founded by former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels who reject a 2016 peace deal - were killed in the confrontations in Argelia, Cauca province, two military sources told Reuters.
The rebels removed the bodies of their fighters, General Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro, the head of the army, said on Twitter. Zapatiero mentioned just 10 rebel deaths.
In addition to the soldier who was killed, seven others were injured, Zapatiero said, after the unit was “attacked indiscriminately with explosive artifacts.”