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    <text>Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella deploys troops to Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, after members of the Conquering Self-Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) attack businesses and burn vehicles following a security operation that killed 13 ACSN members, including a senior commander. </text>
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    <text>Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella reports that military forces killed four FARC dissidents in Meta and two Gulf Clan members in Antioquia. </text>
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    <text>Colombia's military says it has rescued 39 civilians kidnapped by the National Liberation Army on a highway in Chocó Department, with two soldiers killed during the operation. </text>
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    <text>Nine guerrilla fighters are killed by a Colombian military airstrike in the Arauca Department. </text>
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    <text>The Colombian military conducts airstrikes in the Amazon region following failed peace talks, killing 19 FARC splinter group fighters. </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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    <text>Colombia's Ombudsman's Office confirms that 33 soldiers detained for three days in a village in Guaviare after clashes with dissident FARC fighters have been released following negotiations involving officials and the United Nations. </text>
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    <text>Three soldiers are killed and four others are injured in a drone attack by FARC dissidents on members of the Colombian Navy and Armed Forces who were manning a checkpoint on the Naya River in south-west Colombia. </text>
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      <text>The Colombian government says 15 police officers and 12 soldiers have been killed over the past two weeks in targeted attacks by the Gulf Clan criminal gang and other armed groups. </text>
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    <text>The Colombian government says fifteen police officers and twelve soldiers have been killed over the past two weeks in targeted attacks by the Gulf Clan cartel and other armed groups. </text>
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      <text>Eighty-four ELN combatants surrender to Colombian authorities as offensive operations resume in the Catatumbo region. Colombian authorities also rescue 20 child soldiers from ELN's 33rd Front. </text>
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    <text>Eighty-four National Liberation Army (ELN) combatants surrender to Colombian authorities as offensive operations resume in the Catatumbo region. Colombian authorities also rescue 20 child soldiers from the ELN's 33rd Front. </text>
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  <text>Threats and attacks by the Conquering Self-Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) bring Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia, to a standstill, closing businesses and public transport. The group orders the shutdown after security forces kill 13 ACSN members. </text>
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