COLOMBIA: 1ST UPDATE: Bomb Killed 14, Wounded 7 Police In Caqueta.

AP/   03 Sept UPDATE/   Revised figures after an police ambush reveal that 14 police were killed and 7 wounded by a roadside bomb in the state of Caqueta. 45 police were riding in a 5 truck convoy when the bomb exploded in the town of Doncello. Authorities are blaming the FARC rebels.
The attack is the first deadly attack on security forces since the inauguration of President Juan Manuel Santos (pictured) on 7 August.

COLOMBIA: 1ST UPDATE: FARC Rebels Kill 9 Marines In Amazon; Uribe Says Fight Must Go On.

COLOMBIA REPORTS/ UPDATE: 25 MAY/         Nine Colombian marines were killed fighting FARC insurgents Sunday in the Amazonian department of Caqueta. Besides the 9 dead, two marines were injured, and one was reported missing. Some sources claim the marines were ambushed. "This hurts us a lot," said President Uribe. "This shows us that the fight cannot be suspended. Colombians must remember what has happened and what could still happen."  It is the worst day for the military since November 2009.

COLOMBIA: FARC Abducts & Murders Provincial Governor.

LATIMES/
Caqueta state Gov. Luis Francisco Cuellar was found dead with his throat slit and body booby-trapped near the state capital of Florencia, less than a day after he was abducted from his home by suspected leftist guerrillas.