First a civilian bus, now this (via the BBC): Colombia rebels kill councillors

Suspected left-wing rebels have burst into a town councillors’ meeting in Colombia and opened fire, killing at least seven people, police say.

The attack happened at a hotel in the village of Rivera, several hundred kilometres south-west of Bogota.

Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) rebel group dressed as police carried out the attack, the authorities said.

I wonder if they are feelong bad that the ELN is getting all the press these days?

In all seriousness, these kinds of acts continue to baffle me insofar as I can’t see how such actions further the revolutionary goals of the FARC. Of course, they may simply underscore that the FARC is nothing more than a thuggish gang of drug runners. A large, well-armed, well-funded gang of drug runners, but drug runners nonetheless.