BOGOTA: Four leftist FARC guerrillas have been killed in recent clashes in Colombia's southern Putumayo province, which borders Ecuador and Peru, authorities said Monday.

The rebels were killed in a rural area near Puerto Leguizamo during a military operation in which five people were taken prisoner, including three minors, an Ecuadoran and an Indian, the government said in a statement.

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