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Accusation of Gustavo Petro on Alleged Bombing From Ecuador Does Not Cove in Colombia

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The statements of the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, about an alleged bombing from Ecuador have not managed to position themselves as a central issue on the Colombian public agenda, despite the sensitivity implied by such a denunciation at the bilateral level.

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The statements of the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, about an alleged bombing from Ecuador have not managed to position themselves as a central issue on the Colombian public agenda, despite the sensitivity implied by such a denunciation at the bilateral level.

Colombia and Ecuador considered it appropriate to terminate the episode generated after the discovery of an unexploded ammunition in the border area, after a joint verification on the ground carried out by specialists from both countries. According to the Minister of Defense, the device, a 250 kg bomb, would have impacted first on Ecuadorian territory and then moved to Colombia by rebound. According to the technical assessment, it traveled about…

President Gustavo Petro. Photo: Presidency. The Colombian government overcame the incident over the discovery of unexploded ordnance in the border area with Ecuador, following a joint technical verification that ruled out injury and pointed to an accidental event. According to the Minister of Defense, a binational commission concluded that there is a “very high probability” that the device — a 250 kg bomb — would initially impact Ecuador territo…

The president highlighted the joint work between Colombia and Ecuador, which "evidence maturity, professionalism and mutual respect in the search for the truth of what happened"

The governments of Colombia and Ecuador meet next week in Lima, the capital of Peru, to address the latest diplomatic crisis caused by the bombings on the border, in an event sponsored by the Andean Community.

DOBLE LLAVE – The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, denounced that his country is being bombed from Ecuador, after a bomb was found "thrown from an airplane" near the border with that country. "A bomb has appeared thrown from an airplane. It will investigate well the modes, very on the border with Ecuador (sic), confirming a little my suspicion, but it is necessary to investigate well, that they are bombing us from Ecuador and are not the arme…

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Doble Llave broke the news in on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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