Colombian army troops killed six presumed Farc dissidents in clashes in rural Belalcázar, Cauca, along the border with Huila department.
The clashes took place against the residual structure Ismael Ruiz of the Bloque Isaías Pardo. The group is led by alias Fernando Gómez.
Operations continue in the area to secure the zone and confirm the identities of those killed.
The public force sustains its deployment in southwestern Colombia to confront illegal armed groups active in Huila and Cauca.
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At least 13 people were killed and 17 were wounded in an explosives attack on Colombia’s Pan-American Highway in the southwestern department of Cauca on Saturday, according to a police source and local officials. Authorities blamed dissident factions of the former FARC guerrilla movement, and regional leaders urged the national government to respond more forcefully.
The National Army killed José Alfredo Quiñones Ordóñez, alias ‘El Negro José’, finance chief of the ‘Hernando González Acosta’ front of dissidents in La Plata, Huila. In the same operation, they captured his associate alias ‘Estefany’ and rescued a minor. The incident prompted retaliatory attacks in the area.
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Dissidents linked to alias Calarcá are reportedly pressuring farmers in four Huila municipalities to vote for Iván Cepeda in the June 21 presidential runoff.
Yeferson Ramos Méndez was shot dead during a fight at a rural establishment in Saladoblanco, Huila, in the early hours of June 28.
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Authorities captured two men in La Plata's 7 de Agosto neighborhood, Huila, accused of being part of a local drug trafficking network. They seized about 170 marijuana cigarettes ready for distribution. The operation involved the National Army and Sijín.