Two killed as Colombia military fights rebels Fighting goes on between leftist guerillas and government forces in Colombia, despite the ongoing peace talks in Havana. A soldier was killed in fighting in southwestern Colombia, and another person killed when a car bomb was detonated at a nearby checkpoint, officials said on Tuesday. The person killed in the car bombing near the village of El Palo, in Cauca province, has not been identified. He was not inside the vehicle, but he may have been the bomber, said General Jorge Jerez, a task force commander operating in the region. Images.