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Attacks by armed groups in Colombia kill 60 people

ATTACKS by armed groups in the Colombian region of Catatumbo have left 60 people dead, the country’s human rights office said on Saturday.

The rival factions have spent years fighting for control of the region’s cocaine trade.

The Ombudsman’s Office said that the latest deadly violence involved the National Liberation Army (ELN), the largest armed group in Colombia, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).

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