{"id":265279,"date":"2024-05-27T18:14:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=265279"},"modified":"2024-05-27T18:14:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:14:58","slug":"colombia-eight-dead-in-clashes-between-rival-rebel-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=265279","title":{"rendered":"Colombia: Eight dead in clashes between rival rebel groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2024\/05\/27\/image-191460-1716803037.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0BOGOTA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Fighting between rival splinter groups of Colombia&#8217;s now-defunct FARC guerrilla movement left at least eight dead over the weekend, a military source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clashes took place in Colombia&#8217;s southern Caqueta department between the Carolina Ramirez Front and the Border Command group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groups are composed of rebels who rejected Colombia&#8217;s historic 2016 peace agreement which demobilized the FARC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of people killed &#8220;is at least eight,&#8221; a military source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dissident FARC factions are engaged in a deadly conflict over control of drug fields, illegal gold mines and lucrative smuggling routes in the world&#8217;s largest cocaine producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Carolina Ramirez Front is one of the groups under the command of Ivan Mordisco, considered Colombia&#8217;s most powerful rebel leader, who pulled out of peace talks with the government last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Border Command, active in the border regions with Ecuador, is a splinter of Segunda Marquetalia led by Ivan Marquez, another former FARC senior commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rumored to be dead, Marquez appeared in a video released early this month. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0BOGOTA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Fighting between rival splinter groups of Colombia&#8217;s now-defunct FARC guerrilla movement left at least eight dead over the weekend, a military source said. The clashes took place in Colombia&#8217;s southern Caqueta department between the Carolina Ramirez Front and the Border Command group. The groups are composed of rebels who rejected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":265280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265279"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265281,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265279\/revisions\/265281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/265280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}