Santa Rosa de Sucumbíos is an

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town in the Putumayo Canton of the province of Sucumbíos. It is located near the border with

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. It is also known as Santa Rosa de Yanamaru. As of 1988 there were 71

Cofán people The Cofán people (endonym: ''Ai'') are an Indigenous people native to Sucumbíos Province northeast Ecuador and to southern Colombia, between the Guamués River (a tributary of the Putumayo River) and the Aguarico River (a tributary of the ...

living in the town's Indian reservation. On 1 March 2008, the number two of the

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(FARC),

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, and 16 others were killed by a bombardment of the

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and land incursion the

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, sparking the

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Populated places in Sucumbíos Province {{ecuador-geo-stub