Rebels set off a car bomb outside toll booth as fighting intensifies in Colombia’s Cauca region
Authorities said the Army preliminarily blamed a FARC dissident group as police closed the highway and checked for more explosives.
- On Monday, October 12, 2026, a car bomb exploded near the El Bordo toll plaza in Cauca, Colombia, wounding at least three civilians and forcing authorities to close the Pan-American Highway as a precaution.
- The Army preliminarily attributed the attack to the Carlos Patiño structure, a faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that abandoned the 2016 peace agreement and operates under alias Iván Mordisco.
- Two bomb attacks in Cauca within four days have escalated regional violence; Saturday's drone strike in La Vega killed a soldier, and Friday's clash in Timbio resulted in one sergeant's death.
- Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella condemned the attack on X, stating, "Attacking infrastructure harms people," while his administration canceled peace talks with remaining rebel groups.
- Smaller armed groups have increasingly occupied territory formerly held by the FARC since the 2016 peace deal, imposing taxes and controlling resources including gold mines and drug trafficking routes.
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Rebels set off a car bomb outside toll booth as fighting intensifies in Colombia's Cauca region
A car bomb exploded at a toll booth in southwestern Colombia injuring at least three civilians. The army blamed Monday's attack on the Carlos Patiño front, a group of former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia members.
The El Bordo toll on the Pan American Way was destroyed by disidentities of alias “Mordisco.” The governor requested the presence of the president, the minDefense and the dome. The post Military Dome will travel to Cali, after attack in Cauca appeared first on La Silla Empty.
The detonation occurred in the sector of La Depression, in southern Cauca, where army Brigade 29 troops deployed a security operation to verify the circumstances of the attack and to rule out the presence of other explosive devices.
The attack at the El Bordo toll, on the Pan American road, was attributed by the Army to FARC dissidents. The road was closed between Pasto, Popayán and Cali.
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