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Emergency Declared as Guerrilla Violence Kills 100 in Colombia
Hindustan Times Patna
|January 22, 2025
Colombia vowed "war" against left-wing guerrillas on Monday, declaring a state of emergency and deploying thousands of soldiers to contain violence that killed at least 100 people and threatens to scupper the country's fragile peace process.
TIBU, COLOMBIA: Colombia vowed "war" against left-wing guerrillas on Monday, declaring a state of emergency and deploying thousands of soldiers to contain violence that killed at least 100 people and threatens to scupper the country's fragile peace process.
In just five days, bloodshed has been reported across three Colombian departments —from the remote Amazon jungle in the south to the mountainous northeastern border with Venezuela, where fighting has displaced almost 20,000 people.
This story is from the January 22, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Patna.
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