The soldiers were killed yesterday in Norte de Santander state near the Venezuela border, at a facility where oil pipeline repairs are taking place, according to an army press release, which said an investigation was launched to determine what group was responsible for the attack.
The Bogota government for decades has been at war with two leftist groups, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), although it has not been determined if either was behind yesterday's attack.
