BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dissidents of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attacked a police station in southwestern Colombia Sunday, killing a police officer and wounding four people, authorities said.

The army said on X that troops entered the town of Carmelo, in the Cauca department, to restore order after “terrorist actions” that appeared to be in response to a police operation against criminal groups in the area.

Operating in the region are dissidents of the notorious FARC rebel group who do not accept the 2016 peace agreement. The FARC for decades fought the government, carrying out assassinations, hijackings and bombings to undermine authorities in Bogota.

The dissidents are under the command of Néstor Gregorio Vera, known as Iván Mordisco, who is one of the mos

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