BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Lots of of individuals surrounded and kidnapped 45 troopers working to implement applications to switch illicit crops within the southwest of Colombia, in an space of affect of a insurgent group, the Colombian military mentioned Sunday.
The military mentioned in a press launch that the incident occurred Sunday within the Micay Canyon, within the Cauca division, an space recognized for coca leaf crops and a present bastion of a insurgent faction that broke away from the previous Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. That group has been attacking navy positions.
The military mentioned the 45 troopers had been “kidnapped,” after being surrounded by round 600 individuals who prevented them to be deployed within the space.
That is the second time troopers have been taken in lower than a month.
In August, 33 troopers had been additionally taken, allegedly by villagers performing beneath the orders of a insurgent group within the southern division of Guaviare following a gunfight that killed 10 members of a FARC holdout group.
The military mentioned again then that the villagers holding the troopers captive had been demanding the return of a slain insurgent’s physique, which was transported to a morgue within the provincial capital. The troopers had been launched after 4 days.
Colombia has struggled to take care of safety in some rural areas, the place drug gangs and insurgent teams are combating over territory deserted by the FARC, the guerilla group that made peace with the federal government in 2016.
