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Colombia Truck Bomb, Drone Attacks Kill 18 Amid Deepening Security Crisis

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Two attacks by dissident guerrilla groups killed 18 people and wounded dozens in Colombia on Thursday, authorities said, as a truck bomb struck Cali and a drone downed a police helicopter at a northern…

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Another bloody day in Colombia, which recalls the violence of a few decades ago: two attacks in different regions shook the country this Thursday, leaving at least 20 dead and more than 70 injured. In the morning, guerrillas shot down a police helicopter with a drone loaded with explosives, in a rural area of the department of Antioquia, in the northwest of the country. The incident caused the death of thirteen uniformed men. Blood had not stopp…

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Colombia vows to neutralize guerrilla threat as twin attacks kill 19

Colombia on Friday promised to counter the threat from "desperate" armed groups after twin guerrilla attacks killed 19 people and deepened the country's worst security crisis in decades.

·Calhoun, United States
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The two guerrilla attacks on Thursday, which killed 19 people, are a symptom of an alarming rise in armed violence, and a failure of government policies to stem it.

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Cali, Colombia. The cocktail includes drone attacks, bombs and political violence. These are the keys to understanding the delicate moment that Colombia lives a year after the presidential elections and in the midst of frustrated peace negotiations.On Thursday, the country lived a bloody day because of guerrilla attacks that left about twenty dead. A drone shot down for the first time a police helicopter and a truck bomb exploded in broad daylig…

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Colombia reels after twin guerrilla attacks kill 19

Colombia's defense minister vowed Friday to defeat "desperate" armed groups after twin guerrilla attacks killed 19 people and deepened the country's worst security crisis in decades. Minister Pedro Sanchez huddled with top security officials in the tropical city of Cali, where a truck bomb exploded on a busy street killing six and wounding 60 on

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BOGOTA.- Colombia reinforced on Friday the military operations in two regions of the country after a new day of guerrilla violence that left at least 18 dead and more than 70 injured on Thursday.On Thursday morning, guerrillas shot down a helicopter and confronted police officers who were in the midst of counter-narcotics operations, in a rifle attack and with a drone loaded with explosives that left 12 uniforms dead in a rural area of the depar…

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