Colombia's Defense Minister, Iván Velásquez Gómez. (Photo - AP)
CONFLICT
Colombian Defense Minister Authorizes Tactical Bombings of FARC-EMC in Efforts to Detain Group’s Leader
Colombian Defense Minister Ivan Velásquez Gómez approved military artillery strikes on several locations across Colombia in response to a drone attack launched by a splinter faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia known as the Estado Mayor Central (FARC-EMC) that killed a ten-year-old on Wednesday. The artillery strikes against the FARC-EMC did not target human elements, but instead targeted areas believed to be minefields installed by the armed group in the rural reaches of Colombia.