Bogotá, June 23, 2025 (AFP) - More than 50 Colombian soldiers held by residents in restive region: army

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2025-06-23

More than 50 Colombian soldiers were being held captive Sunday by residents of a guerrilla-controlled region in the southwest of the country, the army said. A first platoon of soldiers was carrying out an operation in El Tambo, a municipality part of an area known as the Micay Canyon -- a cocaine-producing enclave -- when civilians detained them on Saturday. On Sunday another group of soldiers was surrounded by at least 200 residents as they he......

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