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Army units backed by helicopter gunships chased rebels into a mountainous zone south of Bogota on Sunday, a day after the heaviest fighting in months killed at least 50 people.
Clashes between the army and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia continued into Sunday near the town of Guayabetal, 30 miles southeast of Bogota, the capital.
The rebels tried to take over the town Saturday but were repelled by some 1,000 troops backed up by the Colombian Air Force. On Sunday the town was squarely in government hands, a statement from the army’s press office said.
