Colombian police in three-hour battle with 350 FARC fighters

(15 Jul 2005)

1. Men next to a truck firing, AUDIO of constant gunfire
2. Various of men running
3. Long shot of man shooting; smoke in air
4. Men along dirt road
5. Men running; another man loading weapon
6. Various of men firing
10. Men walking followed by truck
11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Cauca resident, no name available:
"Of course, because we are peasants from around here we have to survive on our own."
12. Men firing
13. Man running and shouting
14. ++MUTE++ Men firing

STORYLINE:

The Colombian police clashed with some 350 fighters of one of Colombia's largest guerrilla groups, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) authorities said on Friday.

The battle took place for three hours in Tambo, a small township south of Cauca province, when the police were doing operatives to get back two vehicles that had been stolen.

The guerrillas had been holding the vehicles for ransom.

No injures or dead were reported.

Columbian police also found a guerrilla camp with a capacity for 150 guerrillas.

The nation's four-decade civil war pits two leftist rebel groups against right-wing militias and government forces, killing about 3,000 people each year.

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