Blast near police station on Colombia’s border with Venezuela leaves 1 dead and 11 injured
- On Tuesday, a car bomb exploded outside a police station in Los Patios, Colombia, killing one civilian and injuring 11 people near the Venezuela border in the Cucuta metropolitan area.
- Drug gangs and rebel groups have long disputed the region surrounding Cucuta, competing for smuggling routes into Venezuela while attacking the Colombian government for territorial control.
- Although a peace deal signed a decade ago between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces reduced violence, crime has swelled as smaller groups contest territory formerly occupied by the FARC.
- President Abelardo de la Espriella vowed to pursue those responsible for the attack, writing that "Colombia will not yield to terrorism." Police officers are believed to be among the wounded.
- Sworn into office in August, Espriella has pledged to tackle crime aggressively and recently canceled peace talks with rebel groups including the National Liberation Army, which officials blamed for earlier attacks.
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rtl.luCar bomb at Colombian police station kills one, injures 11
The attack on Monday in the department of Norte de Santander killed one civilian and injured eleven others, including two police officers, local officials said. It came shortly after President Abelardo de la Espriella's hard-right administration conducted an airstrike against guerrillas in the southern Amazonian department of Guaviare, killing 20 people. At around midnight, a stolen vehicle loaded with around 80 kilograms of explosives blew up n…
The terrorist attack on a police station in Los Patios, part of the metropolitan area of Cúcuta, is the first in the government of Abelardo de la Espriella
Bomb at police station kills 1, wounds 11 – The Horn News
At least one civilian was killed and eleven other people were injured after a car bomb exploded outside a police station in northeastern Colombia, officials said on Tuesday. The attack took place around midnight in Los Patios, a town on Colombia’s border with Venezuela that is also part of the... Read More The post Bomb at police station kills 1, wounds 11 appeared first on The Horn News - Proudly American, Fiercely Independent.
1 killed, 15 injured in northeast Colombia car bomb attack on police station
At least one person was killed and another 15 injured in a car bomb attack on a police station on the outskirts of Cucuta, the capital of Norte de Santander. According to the National Police, the bomb exploded on Monday evening outside of the police station in Los Patios, a municipality that is part of […] The post 1 killed, 15 injured in northeast Colombia car bomb attack on police station appeared first on Colombia News.
The attack allegedly carried out by the National Liberation Army (ELN) occurred on the same day that the Colombian armed forces carried out the most lethal bombing in years, with 20 guerrillas killed in the Amazon. The car exploded on Monday near midnight next to a police station in the municipality of Los Patios, near the border with Venezuela, at a time when the country suffered the worst wave of violence of the last decade. The deceased man w…
Cúcuta Car Bomb Kills One at Police Station in Norte de Santander
A Cúcuta car bomb exploded outside the police station in Los Patios, Norte de Santander, killing one civilian and wounding eleven people; President de la Espriela convened a security council. The post Cúcuta Car Bomb Kills One at Police Station in Norte de Santander appeared first on The Rio Times.
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