“Cali is again a victim of a narco -terrorist attack,” said the city mayor, minutes after strangers launched several bomb cylinders to the Marco Fidel Suárez air base. The authorities of the Third City of Colombia have indicated that 6 people died and at least 50 more were injured, although they pointed out that the numbers could amount to. So far, no group has attributed the authorship of the attack, but President Gustavo Petro has signed
“After the defeat produced to the Carlos Patiño column with the loss of a good part of the Micay Canyon, we have a terrorist reaction in Cali with two dead civilians,” he said through X, when he had not yet promoted the number of victims. “Terrorism is the new expression of the features that are said by Iván Bite, and that have been subject to the control of the,” he added. The logistics of this attack coincides with the one employed by the Carlos Patiño front, which usually attacks military and police facilities as part of its war against the State. Last March, for example, including motor pumps, rifle attacks of rifle and drones with explosives.
After the defeat produced to the Carlos Patiño column with the loss of much of the Micay Canyon, we have a terrorist reaction in Cali with two dead civilians.
Terrorism is the new expression of the features that are directed by Iván Bite, and that …
– Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo)
One of the cylinders launched fell into the antejardín of a house, as the air base is surrounded by residential neighborhoods. Although the military installation is located in the La Base neighborhood, which gives its name, the majority of homes affected by the explosions belong to the neighboring neighborhood of Villa Colombia, in northern Cali. There the presence of another truck with bomb cylinders was reported, so the police cordoned off the area, with the initial objective of making a controlled explosion. However, after the evaluation of the antiexplosive equipment it was ruled out that these cylinders were loaded.
Mayor Eder has announced a reward of up to 400 million pesos (about 90 thousand dollars) for information served to find those responsible. The city hosted with a great global climate conference, COP16, at the beginning of last year, and then concerned its safety. Cali is in the Colombian Southwest and is close to Cauca, an department in which the armed conflict has not ceased. So the State then displayed all its military and police force.
The meeting passed without attacks, but this Thursday’s attack highlights the threats that loom over the million people who live in the capital of the department of Valle del Cauca. Petro, in another apart from his message, called on the international community. “The Government considers here and asks the world to consider the drug trafficking board as a terrorist organization, and its armed bands in Cauca, Guaviare, Antioquia and the Colombian Caribbean,” he added. The president points out that this Board, in which he points out there are drug traffickers of various nationalities, would also be behind the attack against Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay.
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