Armed Commando Kills Six in Colombia's Latest Mass Shooting

An armed commando killed six people in a shooting near the Colombian city of Popayán, marking the country's 36th mass killing since the beginning of the year. The deadly incident occurred in the Cauca department, a region where former FARC guerrilla factions are fighting for control over the lucrative coca trade. The attack highlights Colombia's deepening security crisis as armed groups continue to battle for territorial control in areas previously dominated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which signed a peace agreement with the government in 2016 but has since splintered into various criminal factions that remain active in drug trafficking operations.