Iván Mordisco: Colombian dissident rebel camp bombed killing 10

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At least 10 people have been killed in an operation by the Colombian security forces targeting a group of rebels who rejected the 2016 peace deal. The joint police and military operation was targeting a man known as Iván Mordisco, who leads a breakaway faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Police said they had information that Mordisco was in the camp. It is not yet clear if he was among those killed in the attack. Colombian media reports that the Air Force first bombed the camp in the southern Caquetá region before almost 300 soldiers and police moved in. The operation, dubbed Jupiter, had reportedly been planned for two months. Those killed have not yet been identified but officials said they were six men and four women who belonged to the dissident Farc rebel group. The Farc are Marxist rebels who waged a bloody war against the Colombian government for more than five decades. They signed a peace deal with the government in 2016 and the majority of its fighters laid down their arms. However, some of its members did not agree with the terms of the peace process and continued fighting.(BBC)…[+]