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Petro Orders Ecuador Probe After Colombia Highway Bombing Kills 21 and Injures 56

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered investigators to determine whether explosives used in a deadly bombing on the Pan-American Highway entered Colombia from Ecuador, adding a cross-border dimension to one of the country's worst civilian attacks in decades.

Latin Times · Apr 28

Bomb attack kills 14, injures 38 in Colombia weeks before presidential election

A deadly highway bomb attack in Colombia's Cauca region has killed 14 and injured 38. The blast occurred as assailants blocked the road. Authorities blame FARC dissidents. This violence escalates security concerns just weeks before the presidential election. The attack follows a wave of incidents targeting public infrastructure across southwestern…

The Times of India · Apr 26

(VIDEO) Colombia Terror Attack Destroys Highway, Civilians Among 12 Fatal Victims

At least twelve people were killed and more than a dozen others injured after an explosive device detonated today, Saturday April 25, on Colombia's Pan-American Highway in the southwestern department of Cauca, according to Colombian authorities and multiple local media reports.

Latin Times · Apr 25

‘There was so much fear’: the battle to keep children out of Colombia’s armed gangs

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024

Colombian Vice President's car shot as the country's security situation continues to deteriorate

Francia Márquez was not in the car. Her family narrowly survived a similar attack not a month ago

Latin Times · Jul 10, 2024

Security situation in Colombia deteriorates as family members of Vice President narrowly survive attack

An analysis by InSight Crime describes how the attack illustrates the sharp rise in violence in Cauca and Valle de Cauca

Latin Times · Jun 20, 2024

Colombia considers suspending ceasefire with armed group after new attacks

The group has been linked with two bombings in the southeastern province of Cauca, where four people were killed

Latin Times · May 22, 2024

In Colombia, land occupations raise tensions and spook investors

A machete slung across his chest, sugarcane worker Aldemar Moreno guards the entrance to the farm where he has been employed for 23 years, ready to defend it from land occupations by indigenous groups and others that have erupted around Colombia.

Reuters · Sep 30, 2022

‘We must not show fear’: Colombia’s children learn to defend their way of life – a photo essay

In Cauca province, where hundreds of environmental defenders have been killed since 2016, children aged five to 15 are taught non-violent ways to avoid recruitment into militias and protect their land

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2022

Hometown looks to aspiring Colombia VP Marquez to deliver on inequality promises

Former neighbors and colleagues in Colombia's largely marginalized Cauca province hope vice presidential candidate Francia Marquez, a single mother and former housekeeper, will help areas plagued by violence and poverty if her ticket wins the election on Sunday.

Reuters · Jun 16, 2022