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Colombian troops killed, French journalist missing
A French journalist was missing on Sunday along with five Colombian security force members following combat with leftist rebels that claimed the lives of three soldiers and a police officer, Colombia’s Defence Ministry said.
It identified the missing journalist as Romeo Langlois and said he was accompanying troops on a counterdrug mission in the southern State of Caqueta. Langlois, 35, was a freelancer on assignment for France 24 television, the all-news network said in a statement.
In a statement, the Defense Ministry said four soldiers were also wounded in what it called “heavy combat” with the leftist
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, during an operation by Counternarcotics Batallion No 1 that destroyed five cocaine processing labs.
Langlois is a Colombia resident, and the ministry identified him as a “war correspondent.”
It did not say when the counterdrug mission began. A senior police official said the combat occurred on yesterday and that heavy rain in the area after nightfall was impeding military operations.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to provide information.
A French journalist was missing on Sunday along with five Colombian security force members following combat with leftist rebels that claimed the lives of three soldiers and a police officer, Colombia’s Defence Ministry said.
It identified the missing journalist as Romeo Langlois and said he was accompanying troops on a counterdrug mission in the southern State of Caqueta. Langlois, 35, was a freelancer on assignment for France 24 television, the all-news network said in a statement.
In a statement, the Defense Ministry said four soldiers were also wounded in what it called “heavy combat” with the leftist
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, during an operation by Counternarcotics Batallion No 1 that destroyed five cocaine processing labs.
Langlois is a Colombia resident, and the ministry identified him as a “war correspondent.”
It did not say when the counterdrug mission began. A senior police official said the combat occurred on yesterday and that heavy rain in the area after nightfall was impeding military operations.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to provide information.
