Bogota: Seven police officers were killed in an explosive attack in the western area Colombia The government said on Friday, the deadliest attack on security forces since President Gustavo petro He took office promising to end the country’s nearly 60 years of conflict.
Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla, has promised to seek “absolute peace” by resuming talks with left-wing ELN rebels, implementing a 2016 peace deal for former FARC guerrilla fighters who reject it. and negotiate the surrender of crime gangs. Exchange for shorter sentences.
“I forcefully reject the attack with explosives in San Luis, Huila, which was later amended,” Petro said on Twitter, citing the eight deaths. “These acts are a clear sabotage to absolute peace.”
The National Police and the Attorney General’s Office said late Friday that seven police officers, including three aged 20 or younger, were killed and one was injured.
Petro traveled to the regional capital Niva With his Defense Minister and other officials for a security meeting after the attack.
The national police said in a statement that the vehicle in which the officers were traveling was attacked with explosives.
Petro did not name the perpetrators of the attack, but named the so-called dissidents of the now-monetized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia According to security sources, (FARC) rebels are active in the area.
According to the government, the dissident group rejects a peace deal reached by its former leadership and counts about 2,400 fighters in its ranks.
Several famous dissident commanders have recently been killed, many fighting across the border in Venezuela.
Colombia’s conflict between the government, left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and drug trafficking gangs killed at least 450,000 people between 1985 and 2018 alone.
Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla, has promised to seek “absolute peace” by resuming talks with left-wing ELN rebels, implementing a 2016 peace deal for former FARC guerrilla fighters who reject it. and negotiate the surrender of crime gangs. Exchange for shorter sentences.
“I forcefully reject the attack with explosives in San Luis, Huila, which was later amended,” Petro said on Twitter, citing the eight deaths. “These acts are a clear sabotage to absolute peace.”
The National Police and the Attorney General’s Office said late Friday that seven police officers, including three aged 20 or younger, were killed and one was injured.
Petro traveled to the regional capital Niva With his Defense Minister and other officials for a security meeting after the attack.
The national police said in a statement that the vehicle in which the officers were traveling was attacked with explosives.
Petro did not name the perpetrators of the attack, but named the so-called dissidents of the now-monetized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia According to security sources, (FARC) rebels are active in the area.
According to the government, the dissident group rejects a peace deal reached by its former leadership and counts about 2,400 fighters in its ranks.
Several famous dissident commanders have recently been killed, many fighting across the border in Venezuela.
Colombia’s conflict between the government, left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and drug trafficking gangs killed at least 450,000 people between 1985 and 2018 alone.