Colombia’s port city of Buenaventura was left without power on Sunday after FARC militants destroyed an electrical tower, reports Agence France Presse.
The Colombian government has blamed FARC for the attack, which left Colombia’s largest port and 400,000 people without power.
The attacks come after a political negotiator of the FARC militants was killed in air-raids conducting by the Colombian government.
FARC peace-talk negotiator killed by Colombian government air raid (27 May 2015)
FARC withdraws from ceasefire following government air raids (22 May 2015)
FARC militants blame Colombian government for delayed peace-talks (25 Apr 2015)
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