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Agence France-Presse

A woman running for small town mayor and a candidate for city council were among six people shot and killed in Colombia, an official said Monday.
An armoured car carrying all six was hit by long-range weapons and later set on fire in the attack Sunday night in southwest Cauca department, the regional ombudsman Jair Rossi told AFP.

Karina Garcia was running for mayor of the town of Suarez in October elections. The other fatalities included her mother and the city council candidate.
The Suarez area is torn by violence stemming from drug trafficking and illegal mining, Rossi said.
Garcia had received threats from supporters of other candidates, her father Orlando Garcia said.

The High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel Ceballos, blamed the attack on the leader of a local group of dissidents who broke with the leftist FARC rebel army.
Most of the group accepted a peace deal with the government in 2016. But its chief negotiator Ivan Marquez and other leaders announced last week they were returning to arms, accusing the government of not living up to its side of peace accord, designed to end 50 years of fighting.
Defence Minister Guillermo Botero offered a US$29,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of that local dissident leader, who goes by the nom de guerre Mayimbu.


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Two Colombian politicians and four others killed as armoured car hit by long-range weapons and set on fire

Relatives of mayoral candidate Karina Garcia, who was killed in southern Colombia, cry as they embrace one of her political banners. Photo: El País de Cali via AP

epa07813603 Friends and family of liberal politician Karina Garcia cry in Suarez, Cauca, Colombia, 02 September 2019. Karina Garcia Sierra, candidate for Mayor for the scheduled elections in October 2019 in the Colombian municipality of Suarez, was murdered along with five companions, official sources reported. EPA-EFE/ERNESTO GUZMAN JR

Relatives and friends of murdered mayoral candidate Karina Garcia mourns over a banner of her political propaganda in Suarez, Cauca department, Colombia, on September 2, 2019 - Garcia and five other people died when their car was attacked Sunday night, authorities said Monday. (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO / AFP)

Colombian troops kill nine FARC dissidents in rural raid

Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) patrol in the remote mountains of Colombia in 2016. Photo: Reuters

Colombian President Ivan Duque gestures as he speaks during an event to give land property deeds to conflict victims in Ovejas, northern Colombia, on August 30, 2019. - Colombian troops killed nine FARC dissidents in a raid Friday in what the president said was "a clear message" to their leaders who have formally rejected a 2016 peace agreement and announced a return to arms. (Photo by JUAN BARRETO / AFP)

TOPSHOT - CORRECTION - This TV grab taken from youtube and released on August 29, 2019 shows former senior commander of the dissolved FARC rebel army group in Colombia, Ivan Marquez(L) and fugitive rebel colleague, Jesus Santrich(R), on an undisclosed location announcing that they are taking up arms again along with other guerrillas who have distanced themselves from a peace accord signed with the government in 2016. - The whereabouts of Marquez, Marxist FARC's number two leader and chief negotiator of the 2016 peace agreement, had been unknown for more than a year. With UN support, the peace accord ended the insurrection by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and turned it into a political party. (Photo by HO / YOUTUBE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by HO has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Credit: AFP/H

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Israelis Eyal Shaty (C) and More Zohar (L), alleged members of a prostitution network, are pictured before a hearing at a court in Medellin, Colombia on December 10, 2018. - Three Colombians and 5 Israeli nationals were arrested on December 8 for allegedly being part of a prostitution network involved in drug trafficking in the Colombian cities of Santa Marta, Cartagena, Medellin and Bogota. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP)

Colombians Victor Navarro (second from left), Marcial Sarmiento (centre) and Yulieth Lozano (right) and Israeli Eyal Shaty (behind, right), alleged members of a prostitution network, at a hearing in a court in Medellin, Colombia on December 10, 2018. Photo: AFP

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High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel Ceballos, blamed the attack on the leader of a local group of dissidents who broke with the leftist FARC rebel army



High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel Ceballos, blamed the attack on the leader of a local group of dissidents who broke with the leftist FARC rebel army.


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