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Senior Colombian gang leader killed in air strike

Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 12.

📍 Colombia, CO·🕐 39m ago·2 outlets

A senior leader of Colombia’s largest criminal gang, the Gulf Clan, is among eight people killed in an air strike carried out by the country’s armed forces. He is Haminton Mosquera, described as one of 10 priority targets for Colombia’s security forces. In a post on X, the Colombia President said he had personally authorised…

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81 outlet: bbc.co.uk· latest Nov 12, 5:06 PM UTC
Eight killed in Colombian air strike targeting Gulf Clan gang ↗
The story so far · 3 reports · · 2 countries✓ Verified Nov 12, 9:06 PM UTC
  1. Nov 12, 4:46 PM UTCFirst report
    Colombia: Eight killed in air strike targeting Gulf Clan gangbbc.co.uk ↗
  2. Nov 12, 5:06 PM UTC+19 min
    Eight killed in Colombian air strike targeting Gulf Clan gangbbc.co.uk (again) ↗
  3. Nov 12, 9:06 PM UTC+4 h· you’re reading this
    Senior Colombian gang leader killed in air strikenationwideradiojm.com ↗
  4. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 9:06 PM UTC · +4 h
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