Rebels set off a car bomb outside toll booth as fighting intensifies in Colombia's Cauca region
- BOGOTA, Colombia -- A car bomb exploded at a toll booth in southwestern Colombia Monday, injuring at least three civilians, the army said, as fighting between the military and rebel groups intensified in the region.
- The military blamed the attack near the town of El Bordo in Cauca department on the Carlos Patiño front, a group led by former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, who did not join a 2016 peace deal with the Colombian government.
- “I deplore this terrorist attack...along the Panamerican highway,” Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said on X.
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- BOGOTA, Colombia -- A car bomb exploded at a toll booth in southwestern Colombia Monday, injuring at least three civilians, the army said, as fighting between the military and rebel groups intensified in the region.
- The military blamed the attack near the town of El Bordo in Cauca department on the Carlos Patiño front, a group led by former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, who did not join a 2016 peace deal with the Colombian government.
- “I deplore this terrorist attack...along the Panamerican highway,” Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said on X.
Sources: ABC News