Drone attack on a Colombian military base leaves 3 soldiers dead
The Army said the strike used explosive-laden drones, and officials reported a preliminary toll of three dead and at least eight wounded.
- On Saturday, November 7, 2026, explosive-laden drones struck the Cantón Militar army base in Santa Rosa del Sur, Colombia, killing three soldiers and wounding eight, according to the Colombian Army First Division.
- The region around Santa Rosa is a gold-mining hub long disputed by the Gulf Clan, the National Liberation Army, and FARC, which frequently clash over territory abandoned by former rebels.
- Local officials including Mayor Milton Olaya reported up to 35 wounded, though the Colombian Army maintains a count of eight, with all casualty figures remaining preliminary pending damage assessment.
- President Abelardo de la Espriella condemned the attack, vowing that perpetrators "will have nowhere to hide" and ordering intensified military operations to locate those responsible.
- Violence in rural areas has intensified since the President took office in August; according to ACLED, state forces and armed groups carried out 34 explosive attacks during the four-week period ending October 16.
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Three Colombian soldiers were killed and at least 16 injured in an attack by a drone yesterday night, Saturday night, targeting a military base in the town of Santa Rosa del Sur, north of Colombia.
De la Espriella strongly condemned “the cowardly terrorist attack” and ordered “identifying, persecuting and capturing those responsible”
In Colombia, unknown assailants attacked a military base of the Colombian military using drones
In Colombia, unknown assailants attacked a Colombian military base using drones. Three soldiers, 200, about 10 300. This is the second such attack in recent times. Best practices in life.They are probably used by Colombian mercenaries who returned...
It was against the military canton Santa Rosa, in the south of the department. In the area delinque the Gulf Clan and the ELN. The post Three soldiers killed and eight wounded by drone attack in Bolívar appeared first on La Silla Empty.
An explosive drone attack on a military base in Bolívar, Colombia, leaves three soldiers dead and more than a dozen soldiers wounded.
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