Bogota - Six soldiers were killed and four were injured Monday in south-western Colombia in an attack that was allegedly perpetrated by leftist rebels, according to media reports in Bogota.

The network Caracol said the incident happened near the town of Morales, in the province of Cauca, when the military officers were on patrol.

Reports did not give details as to whether the soldiers entered a minefield or were ambushed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Bangkok - Thai police arrested two Colombian nationals and have issued warrants for three more who allegedly formed a burglary gang that preyed on wealthy housing estates in and around Bangkok, media reports said Monday.

Police arrested Alvaro Gomez Pederos, 33, Adelmo Garcia Ardiia, 40, and Ardiia's Thai wife Walaiporn Khana, 25, as chief suspects in a string of burglaries, said The Nation newspaper.

They have also issued arrest warrants for Colombians Aerson Neo, Caolin Diyana and Thornet Anne.

Bogota  - Colombian rebels accidentally killed 11 abducted lawmakers in 2007, a former hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said.

Sigifredo Lopez, a Colombian lawmaker who was abducted together with the 11 victims in 2002 in Cali, said Thursday that the leftist rebels had killed the politicians out of "persecution mania" after they had confused another rebel unit with the army.

Buenos Aires/Bogota  - In Colombia's cycle of hostage dramas, good news is the exception, rather than the rule. But this week was different - full of celebrations, and a few tears, as six men were freed and reunited with their families.

Bogota  - Leftist Colombian rebels on Thursday released a former legislator who was taken hostage in 2002 and was the last politician held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Sigifredo Lopez, 45, a former regional legislator in the Valle del Cauca province who was kidnapped on April 11, 2002, had an emotional reunion in Cali airport with his two sons, aged 18 and 20, and his wife and mother.

Later, hundreds of people gathered in Cali's San Francisco square to greet Lopez. "Let us demand the freedom of all the kidnapped," he said.

Bogota - Leftist Colombian rebels on Thursday released a former legislator who was taken hostage in 2002 and was the last politician held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Sigifredo Lopez, 45, a former regional legislator in the Valle del Cauca province who was kidnapped on April 11, 2002, had an emotional reunion in Cali with his two sons, aged 18 and 20, and his wife and mother.

A Brazilian Army helicopter transported Lopez from a rural area of Cauca province in southwestern Colombia.