Clash among rebel groups leaves nearly 30 dead

A firefight in the Amazon between rival leftist rebel groups in Colombia has left 27 people dead, an army source told AFP on Sunday.

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Both groups broke away from the once powerful Fare guerrilla army when it signed a peace accord with the government in 2016 after decades of combat.

Now these dissident splinter groups are fighting each other in the Guaviare region of the Amazon as they seek control of drug trafficking routes, illegal mining and extortion operations.

The recent fighting pitted rebels under a leader named Ivan Mordisco, Colombia's most wanted man, and another who goes by the nom de guerre Calarca.