The soldiers who were wounded by gasoline, burning fire during the task of destroying the cocaine laboratory, says the Colombia Army.

Two Colombian soldiers were seriously wounded after they were subjected to gasoline and set fire when an anti -drug operation in the southeast ColombiaThe army said on Wednesday.

The accident occurred during an operation to destroy a Cocaine The laboratory in a rural area of ​​the northern Potomeo section, which borders Ecuador.

The army said in a statement on Wednesday that riots occurred during which “a group of civilians attacked the officers wearing the uniform by shooting to hinder the procedure.”

An officer and a soldier suffered from severe burns and was receiving treatment in the hospital.

These attacks by civilians on the security forces in remote areas controlled by guerrilla warfare have become increasingly frequent in Colombia.

The country of Latin America is wrestling with its worst security crisis in a decade, and is fed by criminal groups that benefit from drug smuggling, extortion and illegal mining.

The army pledged to contact against Comandos de Frontra, a defector faction that rejected the 2016 peace agreement between the government and the FARC Guerrilla Group, accusing them of organizing the attack and “coercing” the civilian population in the region.

Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a After social media The perpetrators “are neither peasants nor societies demanding their rights.”

“They are criminals and Narcos who tried to kill our soldiers.”

Sanchez posted a video clip of one of the victims that are transferred by a helicopter to receive medical care.

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The Border Command group, which works in Colombia and Ecuador, is currently working in peace negotiations with the government of left -wing President Gustavo Petro, but with little progress.

Columbion Public Prosecutors, Andres Rojas, also arrested the leader of the group known as Arana, during a meeting with government representatives in February.

He faces accusations related to the recent cocaine charges to the United States and searching for its delivery.

The Ecuadorian authorities blamed the group for killing 11 soldiers in an attack during an illegal mining operation in May.

In July, a A military dog ​​in Colombia He was injured after a bomb planted by the guerrilla warfare fighters that exploded during a military operation. The Colombian army blamed the explosion on the Eln, a group of 6000 fighters fighting the Colombia government. Peace speaks with the group – owned by the United States specific As a foreign terrorist organization – was suspended in January, when The blame was blamed For dozens of deaths in raids near the border with Venezuela.

The dog was announced only two days later A bomb tied to a donkey It exploded in the same area, killing one soldier and wounding two others.