FARC launch major assault

Bogota - More than 200 FARC guerrillas stormed San Luis, Antioquia, in northwest Colombia over the weekend, killing at least …

Bogota - More than 200 FARC guerrillas stormed San Luis, Antioquia, in northwest Colombia over the weekend, killing at least eight policemen and a local government official.

The assault began on Saturday afternoon and continued yesterday. It was some of the fiercest fighting this month and flew in the face of government calls for a Christmas truce to mark the current efforts to build a peace process.

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