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Attack on a Police Patrol Left a Uniform Dead, via Panamericana, in the Cauca Area: Wounded, After Explosion of Artifact

Summary by El Tiempo
Violence returns to this area of the southwestern part of the country. The event happened on the road between the municipalities of Timbío and Rosas.
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A police patrol was attacked with explosives on the Pan American Way. A dead police officer and at least three uniformed officers and five wounded civilians left an explosive attack on a patrol on the Pan American Way, the main one in the department of Cauca, official sources reported. The attack occurred in the Las Piedras River sector, between the municipalities of Timbío and Rosas, when the uniformed men, accompanied by anti-explosive technic…

A police officer killed and five wounded leaves attack on the Pan American road between Timbío and Rosas, Cauca Agencia Period... Lun, 23/03/2026 - 18:07 The uniforms were attacked while verifying the alleged presence of explosive devices in the road corridor; the wounded were transferred to care centers in Popayán. Tags Regions

One police officer was killed and five more were injured in an explosive attack on the patrol on which they were travelling via Panamericana, between Timbío and Rosas (Cauca). Police officers, along with anti-explosive technicians, were going to check two cylinders installed on the road. Initially, the attack was attributed to the Carlos Patiño structure, of the disides led by “Iván Mordisco”. So far, the authorities have not delivered an offici…

A terrorist attack this Monday on the Pan American Way, south of Cauca, left one police officer dead and four uniformed men wounded as the patrol moved to verify a complaint about suspicious devices in the area. The fatal victim was identified as patrolman Juan David Grande. The attack occurred in the sector of the Río Piedras, jurisdiction of the municipality of Timbío, on the road corridor that connects Rosas. The police, accompanied by anti-e…

Violence returns to this area of the southwestern part of the country. The event happened on the road between the municipalities of Timbío and Rosas.

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El Tiempo broke the news in on Monday, March 23, 2026.
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