{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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The operation targeted fighters belonging to Iván Mordisco, described as Colombia's most wanted rebel. De la Espriella stated in a video that 20 'narcoterrorists' were killed, five were captured, and two minors were rescued."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Guaviare region is a historical stronghold of the FARC, where dissident groups operate outside the 2016 peace accord. Human Rights Watch and local sources have warned about child recruitment by armed groups in the area. El Mundo and Le Temps report that four minors were killed in earlier bombings under de la Espriella’s government."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on minors killed"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"El Mundo reports that four minors died in the two previous bombings by the new government, specifying two 15-year-olds and two 16-year-olds. It is not yet known if minors were among the casualties of the 1 September air strike. Le Temps also reports that four minors were killed in the two previous bombings, two aged 15 and two aged 16, and that it is unknown if minors were among the victims of the third bombing."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the reports printed below mention the specific date of the bombing, only that it occurred on a Monday. The reports also do not mention the specific cost of the operation. 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