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Colombia Kills at Least 27 FARC Rebels as Santos Steps Up Fight

September 21--Colombia’s armed forces killed at least 27 rebels and their leader in a late-night air raid yesterday that President Juan Manuel Santos said underscored his commitment to keeping up pressure on drug-funded armed groups.

21 de septiembre de 2010

The attack on the rebel base in southern Putumayo province killed Sixto Cabana, a commander of the 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, who is wanted by the U.S. on drug trafficking charges, Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said. After the air raid, police and army troopers seized the base and found arms, radios and laptop computers.

“This is a demonstration of how we are going to react to the FARC,” Santos said in a statement posted on the president’s website, using the group’s Spanish acronym.
 
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