The Colombian military bombed and killed eight guerrillas in the Amazon on Thursday in the deadliest operation under President Abelardo de la Espriella so far, he announced on X.
The US-backed president took office earlier this month, vowing to come down hard on Colombia's myriad armed groups, many of which produce and traffic cocaine.
The early morning airstrike took place in the southern Guaviare department and is the second of its kind under the new hard-right administration.
The individuals killed belonged to a dissident faction of FARC that broke away from the now-defunct rebel army when it laid down arms in 2016.
De la Espriella called the operation a "decisive blow" against drug-traffickers.
The millionaire ex-lawyer won elections on a promise to clamp down on crime as the South American nation faces its worst levels of violence in a decade.
His administration has thrown out its leftist predecessor Gustavo Petro's unsuccessful strategy of negotiating peace with armed groups.
It has since authorized joint US military operations on its own soil against drug traffickers.
US Southern Command chief, General Francis L. Donovan, visited Colombia on Wednesday to discuss the security partnership with military commanders.
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