波哥大,哥伦比亚 —— 哥伦比亚总统阿贝拉尔多·德拉埃斯普里耶拉周一表示,该国南部一处军事基地遭到袭击,造成四名平民死亡,其中包括一名两个月大的婴儿。此前,毒品帮派和叛乱组织为回应其政府的新安全战略,正在升级暴力行动。
BOGOTA, Colombia — An attack on a military base in southern Colombia killed four civilians, including a 2-month-old baby, President Abelardo de la Espriella said Monday, as drug gangs and rebel groups step up violence in response to his government’s new security strategy .
据普拉纳达斯市长胡安·卡米洛·韦赫介绍,袭击发生在周日晚间,地点位于托利马省的普拉纳达斯镇,身份不明的袭击者向一处军事基地发射了由煤气罐改装的火箭弹。部分弹药击中附近的一家医院和基地对面的民宅。韦赫表示,当地一所学校被用于收治伤员。
The attack occurred Sunday night in Planadas, a town in Tolima province, where unidentified assailants fired rockets made from gas cylinders at a military base, according to Planadas Mayor Juan Camilo Hueje. Some struck a nearby hospital and homes across from the base. Hueje said a school was being used to treat the injured.
韦赫周一在脸书上写道:“我们谴责这次袭击波及了我们的医院,危及患者和医护人员的生命,击中民宅,让家庭陷入悲痛。普拉纳达斯理应生活在和平之中。”
“We reject this attack that affected our hospital, put the lives of patients and medical personnel at risk, hit homes and left families in grief,” Hueje wrote Monday on Facebook. “Planadas deserves to live in peace,” he added.
德拉埃斯普里耶拉在X平台发文称,近期哥伦比亚南部有一名警察被杀害,且叛乱组织持续在该国西南部的考卡省袭击收费站。
In a post on X, de la Espriella said a police officer had recently been killed in southern Colombia and that rebel groups continued to stage attacks on toll booths in Cauca, a region in the country’s southwest.
他写道:“我们将动用国家的全部力量铲除这些犯罪结构。我们将继续轰炸合法目标,加强特种行动,并推进可卡种植园空中喷洒除草剂工作的重启。”
“We will use the full capacity of the state to finish off these criminal structures,” de la Espriella wrote. “We will continue to bomb legitimate targets, intensify special operations and move forward with the reactivation of aerial spraying,” of coca fields, he added.
哥伦比亚人权申诉专员伊里斯·马林周一在一份声明中表示,自2022年以来,两个叛乱组织一直在争夺普拉纳达斯周边地区的控制权。她指出,随着军方针对该镇附近的非法金矿展开行动,暴力冲突近期有所升级。马林称,周日的袭击违反了国际人道法。
Colombia’s Human Rights Ombudswoman Iris Marín said Monday in a statement that two rebel groups have been fighting for control of the area around Planadas since 2022. She said the violence has intensified recently as the military staged operations against illegal gold mines near the town. Marín said Sunday’s attack was an infringement of international humanitarian law.
2016年,哥伦比亚政府与哥伦比亚革命武装力量(FARC)签署和平协议,使包括普拉纳达斯周边村庄在内的多个农村地区暴力冲突有所减少。
A 2016 peace agreement between Colombia’s government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, reduced violence in several rural regions, including the villages around Planadas.
但近年来,随着较小的贩毒团伙和反政府武装为争夺哥伦比亚革命武装力量撤离后留下的领地而战斗,暴力事件有所增加。
But violence has increased in recent years as smaller drug gangs and rebel groups fight over territory abandoned by the FARC.
德拉埃斯皮耶拉 8 月上任后,暂停了与哥伦比亚剩余反政府武装的和平谈判,并启动了一项以军事施压为优先的安全战略。其政府加大了对反政府武装的空袭力度,并成立了一个联合特遣部队,以保护一条关键输油管道免受反政府武装袭击。
De la Espriella suspended peace talks with Colombia’s remaining rebel groups after taking office in August , and launched a security strategy prioritizing military pressure. His government has increased airstrikes against rebel groups and established a joint task force to protect a key pipeline from rebel attacks.
哥伦比亚一些反政府武装则以在公路上发动炸弹袭击、试图对平民实施封锁,以及袭击城市内的警察局或军事基地方式进行回应。
Some of Colombia’s rebel groups have responded by staging attacks with explosives along highways or trying to impose lockdowns on civilians, while also targeting police stations or military bases within cities.
据监测全球冲突的研究机构“武装冲突位置与事件数据项目”统计,在截至 10 月 16 日的四周期间,国家武力和非法武装团体在哥伦比亚实施了 34 起炸弹或爆炸物袭击 —— 较去年同期四周平均值增加 9%。
According to ACLED, a research group that monitors conflicts around the world, state forces and illegal armed groups carried out 34 attacks with bombs or explosives in Colombia during the four-week period that ended on Oct. 16 — a 9% increase from last year’s four-week average.
该数字包括反政府武装发动的无人机袭击、使用普拉纳达斯所用煤气罐等简易装置的袭击,以及国家军方对反政府武装营地发动的空袭。
The figure includes drone attacks waged by rebel groups, and attacks with improvised devices like the gas cylinders used in Planadas, but also airstrikes launched by the nation’s military on rebel camps.