Civilian Hazard: Mines planted by suspected leftist rebels were found last month by government troops close to a schoolhouse in rural Boquerón, Colombia. Sibylla BrodzinskyColombia's Rebels Step Up A Brutal Tactic -- Christian Science Monitor
FARC fighters seed country with mines made from common materials that are hard to police.
BoquerÓn, Colombia - The three-room schoolhouse in this tiny rural community in Colombia's Antioquia Province has been abandoned for more than four years. The families of the 40 children who used to study in Boquerón fled after 15 neighbors fell victim to land mines planted by leftist rebels along the only trail that connects them to the nearest town, San Francisco.
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My Comment: This is an acknowledgment by FARC that they are losing the war. Planting mines in the countryside will only alienate them even more from the civilian population. Their days are numbered, and the only ones who do not know that yet is the FARC leadership. Unfortunately, their legacy of unexploded ordinances will last for many decades throughout Colombia.
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