Nasa Indians clash with soldiers in Colombia - in pictures

Members of the Colombian Army watch a group of indigenous people from Alto de Berlin hill, in Toribio, Colombia Photograph: Christian Escobar Mora/EPA

The Nasa indigenous people, who live in the Cauca region, are demanding that the military and Farc rebels abandon their ancestral land Photograph: HANDOUT/REUTERS

Soldiers guard communication towers on a strategic hill in Toribio Photograph: William Fernando Martinez/AP

Nasa Indians approach a soldier. Dozens of Indians attacked soldiers guarding communication towers on the outskirts of the town Photograph: William Fernando Martinez/AP

Indians drag a soldier during an attack on soldiers guarding a communications tower Photograph: William Fernando Martinez/AP

A soldier throws a tear gas canister Photograph: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images

Soldiers try to lift Sergeant Rodrigo Garcia after he was attacked by indigenous people Photograph: Christian Escobar Mora/EPA

Sergeant Rodrigo Garcia leaves with tears in his eyes after hundreds of indigenous people forced him out of his military post on Mount Berlin Photograph: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images

Indigenous residents escort Colombian soldiers as they deliver them to authorities in Caldono Photograph: Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters

Colombian natives escort an alleged member of the Farc guerrillas who were captured in the village of Belen in the Cauca deparment of the country Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Colombian natives escort an alleged Farc member in Belen Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Another alleged Farc member is escorted away as cameras record the scene Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images