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A small patrol unit of the South American Union (SAU) Border Guard engaged in a brief exchange of fire with an illicit armed group in a remote mountainous area near the Bolivia-Chile border in the Andes. The SAU Ministry of Defense announced that several SAU soldiers sustained minor injuries, while the armed group fled into the mountains. SAU forces subsequently discovered a rudimentary encampment believed to be their base of operations. Several old firearms and reactionary propaganda documents, hostile to SAU ideology, were confiscated from the site. The SAU Ministry of Defense suggested the armed group may be remnants of old fascist elements or associated with smuggling organizations operating across the border. The SAU military has announced a temporary increase in vigilance in the area but stated that no large-scale reinforcements would be deployed. Low-resolution images transmitted via global feed confirmed that the armed group was equipped with basic gear. This incident highlights the ongoing localized threats faced by the South American Union in its border regions, as it maintains its progressive socialist system.