The Colombian army killed three rebels in the country's southwestern Putumayo department, authorities said on Thursday.

During a military operation in the municipality of Puerto Guzman, three members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were killed by the army.

Two of the dead were identified as leaders of the Edgar Tovar Column of the FARC's 48th Front, which consists of hundreds of combatants.

"This guerrilla unit is involved in the attacks against oil infrastructure in the past days in this (Putumayo) department," an army statement said.

The Colombian government and the FARC have been in peace talks for nearly two years to try to end their five-decade conflict, but fighting between the two sides has never ceased. Endi

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