{"id":45826,"date":"2025-09-04T10:46:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/soldiers-doused-with-gasoline-set-on-fire-during-mission-to-destroy-cocaine-lab-colombia-army-says\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:46:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:46:56","slug":"soldiers-doused-with-gasoline-set-on-fire-during-mission-to-destroy-cocaine-lab-colombia-army-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/soldiers-doused-with-gasoline-set-on-fire-during-mission-to-destroy-cocaine-lab-colombia-army-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers doused with gasoline, set on fire during mission to destroy cocaine lab, Colombia army says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Two Colombian soldiers were seriously injured after being doused with gasoline and set on fire when an anti-drug operation was attacked in southeastern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/colombia\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Colombia<\/a>, the army said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during an operation to destroy a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cocaine-seized-narco-sub-underground-stashes-colombia-videos\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cocaine<\/a><\/span> laboratory in a rural area of the northern Putumayo department, which borders Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>A riot took place during which a &#8220;group of civilians attacked the uniformed officers with fire to impede the procedure,&#8221; the military said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>An officer and a soldier suffered severe burns and were receiving treatment in a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Such attacks by civilians on security forces in remote, guerrilla-controlled areas have become increasingly frequent in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>The Latin American country is grappling with its worst security crisis in a decade, fueled by criminal groups profiting from drug trafficking, extortion and illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>The army vowed action against the Comandos de Frontera, a dissident faction that rejected the 2016 peace accord between the government and the FARC guerrilla group, accusing them of orchestrating the attack and &#8220;coercing&#8221; the civilian population in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PedroSanchezCol\/status\/1963406356729270344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post on social media\u00a0<\/a>that the perpetrators &#8220;are neither peasants nor communities claiming their rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are criminals and narcos who attempted to murder our soldiers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez posted video of one oft the victims being transported by helicopter to receive medical care.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc12 \ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d \ud835\udc10\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc11 \ud835\udc15\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc15\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc12  \ud835\udc00 \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc12 \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc12, \ud835\udc04\ud835\udc0d \ud835\udc15\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc06\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc19\u00d3\ud835\udc0d, \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc18\ud835\udc0e<\/p>\n<p>Condenamos y repudiamos el demencial intento de quemar vivos a dos de nuestros militares del <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COL_EJERCITO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@COL_EJERCITO<\/a>, quienes se encontraban\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aas2Xb2o27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/aas2Xb2o27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pedro Arnulfo Sanchez S. 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