BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s police chief says leftist rebels have killed seven police officers and injured five in an ambush in the country’s northwest.

National Police Gen. Rodolfo Palomino tells The Associated Press that members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia bombed a truck that was carrying 14 police officers on a road in Tierradentro in Cordoba province, 415 kilometers (258 miles) northwest of the capital, Bogota.