BOGOTA: Thirteen people, including civilians, were killed during a confrontation between Colombia’s ELN rebels and dissidents from the now-demobilised Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group in a remote area known for drug trafficking, the country’s ombudsman said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Nov.27 in the southwestern Narino region, a place where crime gangs and rebel groups are known to grow, process and smuggle coca, the base ingredient in cocaine.

A hard-won peace accord was agreed with the now-disbanded Farc rebel group last year, ending some five decades of war.

Reuters