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Colombia arrests over 200 suspected members of cartel accused of paying recruits $3,500 for "dead police officers"

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Colombia 's biggest drug cartel is accused of murdering two dozen security force members in the past month .

President Gustavo Petro has accused the Gulf Clan of devising a strategy to "systematically murder" security forces.

Armed forces chief Franciso Cubides says the security forces have responded by arresting 217 members of the cartel.

The arrests come as Colombia suffers its worst outburst of violence since the leftist FARC guerrilla army signed a peace deal in 2016 .

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