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An explosive device placed in a trash can was detonated by cell phone at a festival in Ituango, Colombia, killing 7 people and injuring more than 50 others. Several hours after the attack, police arrested a member of the 18th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
This is the first significant attack the FARC has carried out since Colombian special operations forces rescued 15 hostages (including French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. defense contractors) from FARC captivity July 2. The hostage rescue operation joined a string of recent setbacks for the FARC, which have included the deaths of senior commanders, mass defections and the capture of computers containing sensitive data. These reverses have put the FARC in disarray — something underscored by the Ituango bombing.
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