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    <text>Colombian police arrest José Vitonco, an alleged guerrilla leader linked to FARC dissident leader Iván Mordisco, in connection with a deadly highway bombing in Cauca Department. </text>
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    <text>The death toll from a bombing that damaged multiple vehicles on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia, rises to 20, with 36 others injured. </text>
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      <text>Thirteen people are killed and 38 others are injured in a bombing on a bus on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia. </text>
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      <text>At least seven people are killed and 17 others are injured in a bombing on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia. </text>
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    <text>Fourteen people are killed and 38 others are injured in a bombing on a bus on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia. </text>
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    <text>FARC dissidents launch drone strikes on the Colombian army in Ipiales, Nariño Department, killing three soldiers and wounding two others. </text>
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    <text>At least thirteen people are injured in a motorcycle bombing at a café near a police station in Balboa, Cauca Department, Colombia. </text>
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    <text>A police officer is killed and four others are injured in an attack on a police station in Cauca, Colombia, by FARC dissidents, prompting military deployment to restore order. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/09/7/forty-five-colombian-soldiers-are-kidnapped-by-a-mob-in-cauca-department-colombia-while-conducting-anti-drug-cartel-op</slug>
    <text>Forty-five Colombian soldiers are kidnapped by a mob in Cauca Department, Colombia, while conducting anti-drug cartel operations. The military says the soldiers are being held hostage by local villagers who are demanding the return of a killed insurgent's body which was transferred to a morgue in Popayán in return for their release. </text>
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      <text>A motocycle bomb explosion near a police station in Piendamó, Cauca Department, Colombia, injures 18 civilians. </text>
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      <text>A motocycle bomb explosion by a police station in Piendamó, Cauca, results in 18 civilian injuries. </text>
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    <text>A motocycle bomb explosion near a police station in Piendamó, Cauca Department, Colombia, injures 19 civilians. </text>
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      <text>The National Army and National Police of Colombia begin offensive operations across eleven &quot;municipios&quot; of the Catatumbo region. </text>
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    <text>The Colombian National Army and National Police begin offensive operations across eleven &quot;municipios&quot; of the Catatumbo region. </text>
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      <text>The National Liberation Army (ELN) and the FARC dissidents exchanges heavy fire across the Catatumbo region del Catatumbo, Colombia, killing at least 80 people and injuring hundreds of others, with an unknown number of people also reportedly being kidnapped, after the ELN accused the FARC dissidents of killing civilians in the area. Thousands of people have fled their homes due to the fighting. The Colombian Army says that it has rescued dozens of people, while the government calls on the ELN to immediately cease their attacks. </text>
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      <text>The National Liberation Army (ELN) launches a series of attacks across Colombia's Catatumbo region, killing at least 80 people and injuring hundreds of others, with an unknown number of people also reportedly being kidnapped. Thousands of people have fled their homes due to the fighting. The Colombian Army says that it has rescued dozens of people, while the government calls on the ELN to immediately cease their attacks. </text>
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    <text>The National Liberation Army (ELN) and FARC dissidents exchange heavy fire across the Catatumbo region del Catatumbo, Colombia, killing at least 80 people and injuring hundreds of others, with an unknown number of people also reportedly being kidnapped, after the ELN accused the FARC dissidents of killing civilians in the area. Thousands of people have fled their homes due to the fighting. The Colombian Army says that it has rescued dozens of people, while the government calls on the ELN to cease their attacks immediately. </text>
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  <slug>/feed/2026/05/22/seven-people-are-killed-and-110-more-injured-in-clashes-between-the-misak-and-nasa-rival-indigenous-groups-over-a-disp</slug>
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  <text>Seven people are killed and 110 more injured in clashes between the Misak and Nasa, rival Indigenous groups, over a dispute to a land in Silvia, Cauca Department, Colombia. The army has deployed 500 soldiers in response. </text>
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