Colombia: Soldiers doused with gasoline, set on fire during mission to destroy recreational pharmaceuticals facility

Source: CBS News

“Two Colombian soldiers were seriously injured after being doused with gasoline and set on fire when an anti-drug operation was attacked in southeastern Colombia, the army said Wednesday. The incident occurred during an operation to destroy a cocaine laboratory in a rural area of the northern Putumayo department, which borders Ecuador. A riot took place during which a ‘group of civilians attacked the uniformed officers with fire to impede the procedure,’ the military said in a statement Wednesday. … The army vowed action against the Comandos de Frontera, a dissident faction that rejected the 2016 peace accord between the government and the FARC guerrilla group, accusing them of orchestrating the attack and ‘coercing’ the civilian population in the area.” (09/04/25)

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