Eight troops killed in rebel attack in Paraguay

Eight soldiers were killed in an attack in Paraguay's north by suspected members of a little-known rebels group, authorities said.
They attacked just days after Colombian officials and guerrillas reached a peace deal to end the longest running insurgency in Latin America, authorities added.
Paraguayan Interior Minister Francisco De Vargas reported the first five deaths from the Saturday attack in Arroyito, later said that the death toll had risen to eight.
Authorities suspect the attack was carried out by a little-known Paraguayan guerrilla group called the Paraguayan People's Army.
Federico Delfino, the country's prosecutor for anti-kidnapping efforts, says that the attackers got away with eight M4 carbines, bulletproof vests, and the victims' personal belongings.
The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, on Wednesday announced the finalisation of a peace agreement after more than four years of grueling negotiations in Cuba.
A cease-fire in the Colombian conflict that lasted more than a half-century will take effect at midnight next Monday, according to a news agency report.
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Source: The Financial Express


 

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