Perilous Times
13 soldiers killed in Colombia
The Associated Press
Sunday, July 11, 2010; 7:06 PM
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's military says 13 soldiers have been
killed after entering two minefields in the northeastern province of
Arauca.
Gen. Javier Fernandez says the 10 soldiers killed on Sunday were
pursuing rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia who were
trying to blow up electrical towers. Fernandez is the army's 7th
Division commander.
A day earlier, three solders were killed in a minefield in the same
province bordering Venezuela.
President Alvaro Uribe says 12 rebels were killed Sunday in the
southwestern mountains of Colombia. Uribe says the 12 were part of the
security cordon for rebel leader Alfonso Cano. The military did not
show any rebel bodies.