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8 members of powerful cartel shot dead days after one of its top commanders killed in Colombia

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Eight members of Colombia 's Gulf Clan cartel have died in clashes with security forces, the army says.

The military says it has killed several more of the cartel's members and taken two captive.

The Gulf Clan is one of several cartels recently designated as foreign terrorist groups by the United States .

The cartel is believed to number between 6,000 and 9,000 members, according to government estimates.

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