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Rebel group FARC reportedly killed 10 soldiers in the southwest of Colombia on Wednesday. Local media said the deadly combat followed a rebel attack, which would be a violent breach of a unilateral ceasefire called by the guerrillas in December.
The combat took place around midnight in Buenos Aires, a municipality in the troubled southwestern Cauca state and only a few miles south of Colombia’s third largest city, Cali.
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, on Wednesday declared an indefinite ceasefire, an unprecedented concession to public pressure and opponents to ongoing peace talks with the country’s government.
FARC peace delegation leader “Ivan Marquez” announced the ceasefire from Cuba, where a rebel delegation have been meeting with government delegates since November 2012 to negotiate their way out of 50 years of bloody armed conflict.
At least 4 Farc fighters and an army sergeant have been killed in violent clashes in rural zones of 2 departments in southwest of the country.
The army corporal has been killed by a rebel in a clash in the municipality of Caloto (Cauca department).
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, have announced a ceasefire of three weeks to allow elections scheduled for June 15 to take place without guerrilla attacks.
The ceasefire was announced by the FARC’s commander-in-chief, “Timochenko,” in an open letter directed to hard-line presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga who has been critical of ongoing peace talks between the group and the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos, who is seeking reelection.
Four FARC guerrillas have been killed in fighting in Colombia this weekend, the army said.
The rebels died in clashes with army troops in Arauca, Meta and Cauca provinces.