Colombian Rebels Kill 12 Government Troops During Regional Election - TIME

Colombian left-wing guerrillas killed 12 state security personnel who were transporting election ballots to the capital Bogota on Sunday, disrupting what was otherwise one of the least violent regional elections in Colombia’s recent history.

The National Liberation Army (ELN), the country’s second-largest rebel group, executed the ambush in Boyacá, a state along the Venezuelan border, Colombian defense minister Luis Carlos Villegas told the BBC. The attack killed 11 soldiers and a police officer who had just left a reservation of the indigenous Uwa people after collection 130 ballots. The ELN used explosives and gunshots to attack the caravan, leaving three soldiers injured and six other individuals missing in addition to the fatalities.

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