{{Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has dismissed the army’s intelligence head over allegations of spying on government officials negotiating with Farc rebels at peace talks in Cuba.}}<\/p>\n
Gen Mauricio Ricardo Zuniga and another officer were relieved of their duties while a full investigation takes place.<\/p>\n
An elite military group was set up to intercept the officials’ mobile phone calls, the magazine Semana reported.<\/p>\n
Mr Santos called the alleged interference “totally unacceptable”.<\/p>\n
The director of the army’s technical intelligence centre, Gen Oscar Zuluaga, was also dismissed.<\/p>\n
The sacking of both army officers was announced on Tuesday by the defence minister, Juan Carlos Pinzon, after a meeting with the Colombian chief prosecutor, Eduardo Montealegre.<\/p>\n
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