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Dozens of soldiers seized in Colombian mountains

  • Colombian authorities rescued 57 soldiers held by communities in the Micay Canyon area on June 23, 2025, following kidnappings over the weekend.
  • The kidnappings occurred after civilian groups, allegedly pressured by the FARC dissident EMC group, seized soldiers during movements around El Tambo and El Plateado.
  • General Federico Alberto Mejia stated the kidnapping involved 4 non-commissioned officers and 53 soldiers, and said rebels infiltrated the communities in a cocaine-producing mountainous region.
  • More than 200 civilians surrounded soldiers on Sunday, with local media reporting over 20 kidnappers captured, and officials calling the act “kidnapping” and stressing the need to uphold constitutional order.
  • The rescue operation reflects the government's ongoing challenge to contain violence from rebel groups after failed peace talks, with implications for security and rule of law in the volatile southwest region.
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The Colombian Army reported on Sunday that 57 soldiers were kidnapped in the area of the Micay Canyon, in the convulsed department of Cauca (southwest), by communities that are apparently “constricted” by a dissidence of the former FARC. The first incident occurred on Saturday in a rural area of the municipality of El Tambo, where the uniforms suffered a blow and four of them are in civilian possession, the Army detailed in a statement.

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By José Álvarez, CNN en Español Colombia's defense minister, Pedro Sánchez, confirmed the kidnapping of 57 military personnel and pointed to the criminal structure of alias “Mordisco” as responsible for the attack against soldiers. Through a publication of social network X, the Colombian official detailed that they have requested the intervention of the organizations Defensoría del Pueblo, Personería and MAPP OAS to intercede to mediate and thus…

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By José Álvarez, CNN en Español Colombia's defense minister, Pedro Sánchez, confirmed the kidnapping of 57 military personnel and pointed to the criminal structure of alias “Mordisco” as responsible for the attack against soldiers. Through a publication of social network X, the Colombian official detailed that they have requested the intervention of the organizations Defensoría del Pueblo, Personería and MAPP OAS to intercede to mediate and thus…

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larazon.co broke the news in on Saturday, June 21, 2025.
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