Bombing next to police station in Colombia injures 11, days before presidential inauguration
- On Saturday, a truck packed with explosives detonated next to a Colombian police station near the border with Venezuela, injuring at least 11 people six days before President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration.
- President-Elect Abelardo will succeed Gustavo Petro on Aug 7, marking a political shift as the incoming administration plans to end unsuccessful peace negotiations with Guerrilla groups. Espriella has promised intensified operations against drug trafficking organizations.
- George Quintero, security secretary for the department of Norte and Santander where the attack occurred, told reporters eight police officers and three civilians were injured in the "atrocious, violent act." Authorities are offering a reward equivalent to more than $32,000 for information.
- Espriella's inauguration will involve around 11,000 soldiers and police officers carrying out operations on land, at sea and in the air. The ceremony was moved to Cali, a region plagued by clashes between drug trafficking gangs and Guerrilla groups.
- Outgoing President Gustavo Petro traveled to Havana to discuss the United States' "policy of strangulation" against Cuba, while the incoming administration plans to forge a military alliance with the United States and Israel to combat escalating violence.
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Minst elleve personer ble såret da eksplosiver i en bil detonerte ved en politistasjon i den colombianske byen Cúcuta lørdag. Flere politifolk er blant de sårede, og én politihund ble drept.
Truck explodes outside Colombia police base, injuring 11 officers
Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The attack took place early Saturday in Cucuta, a city along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, where drug gangs and rebel groups have long fought for the control of smuggling routes. General William Rincon, the director of Colombia’s police, said the blast came from a truck t…
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Truck explodes outside Colombia police base, injuring 11 officers and killing a dog
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog.
This attack in which 8 police officers and 3 civilians were injured occurred one week after the inauguration of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella
At least eight police officers and three others were injured this Saturday by the explosion of a vehicle bomb in the Colombian city of Cúcuta
Truck with Explosives Explodes in Colombia on Days of Presidential Investiture and Leaves 11 Injured
The attack occurred near a police station in Cúcuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela. Abelardo de la Espriella condemned the incident and authorities are looking for perpetrators.
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