"A column of 150 guerrillas, camouflaged in olive green, advanced through the undergrowth with the objective, according to the Ministry of Defense, of ambushing a group of 20 young soldiers deployed in the area. Among the platoon were two high-priority targets for the authorities: trusted men of Ivan Mordisco, the guerrilla leader of a FARC dissident group and one of Colombia's most wanted criminals. They didn't get that far. Three planes dropped several bombs on them."
"The main targets escaped, but 19 rank-and-file combatants died in the attack. Seven were minors forcibly recruited by the guerrillas. Carem Smith Cubillos Mirana was 13 years old. The oldest, Martha Elena Abarca Vilches, was 17. The bombing, which occurred in the Amazonian region of Guaviare, unleashed a political earthquake whose aftershocks continue almost two weeks later."
An aerial and ground assault in Guaviare targeted a FARC dissident column linked to Ivan Mordisco and killed 19 guerrillas. Seven of the dead were children aged 13 to 17 who had been forcibly recruited. President Gustavo Petro ordered the operation and acknowledged the likelihood that children could be killed, while he maintained support for Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez. The operation broke a previously stated limit against engaging when children were present and provoked shock within the left. Additional revelations described a prior Amazonas operation in which troops captured four people and killed four other minors.
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