Weekly Report - 2 March 2004

COLOMBIA: Farc guerrillas hit back, hard

Andean 02 March 2004 Modified: 02 March 2004 315 views

Farc guerrilla units conducted coordinated attacks last week in the centre-south department of Neiva, inflicting heavy casualties on the army and staging high-profile kidnappings in the heart of Neiva, the departmental capital. An indignant President Alvaro Uribe reacted with a purge of high-ranking military and police officers in the area, accusing them of negligence.

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