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One policeman was killed and four wounded in an alleged FARC attack in the southwestern Cauca department Tuesday, reported local media.
Officer Jhon Rios was hit by repeated automatic gunfire and died at the scene, according to Cauca Government Secretary Edith Milena Cabezas.
The injured were taken to a hospital in the departmental capital Popoyan, with two reportedly in a critical condition.
The ambush took place on a highway in the El Bordo municipality.
Frequent clashes between armed forces and guerrillas have been reported in El Bordo, which sits on a drug transitting route between Colombia and Ecuador.
