Attack on Colombian military base kills 4 civilians, including a 2-month-old

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.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.“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.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.“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 s...