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Bombing attacks kill Colombian police officer, target highway toll booth on presidents first day
Colombias new president sworn in outside Bogotá for first time in 134 years vows war on narco-terrorism
Two bombing attacks in different parts of Colombia on Saturday marked the first day in office for President Abelardo de la Espriella, leaving at least one police officer dead and several wounded, according to authorities.
In the northern department of Cesar, an officer was killed when a drone loaded with explosives struck a police station early Saturday, officials said. About 1,000 kilometers away, near the southwestern city of Cali, dissidents of the FARC guerrilla group destroyed a toll booth under construction on the Pan-American Highway with explosives, the army reported. Two security guards suffered minor injuries in that attack, which occurred in the municipality of Santander de Quilichao. The area is known for activity by rebels under the command of Iván Mordisco, Colombia’s most wanted guerrilla commander, who leads dissidents who rejected the 2016 peace agreement between the FARC and the government .
De la Espriella condemned the toll booth attack on social media, stating, “Attacking the country’s infrastructure is attacking progress.” He added, “To those responsible, I send a clear message: there will be no refuge, no leniency and no impunity” .
The attacks followed the president’s inauguration on Friday in Cali, where he pledged to combat “narcoterrorism and all criminal organizations without respite” and declared the option of dialogue with armed groups exhausted. De la Espriella, a hard-right leader and ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, also vowed to intensify bombing raids against guerrilla and drug trafficking groups with support from the United States and Israel, and to build mega-prisons modeled after those in El Salvador .
On the same day as his inauguration, the U.S. announced a $1 billion security assistance package for Colombia to address shared goals, including combating organized crime and illegal immigration .
The violence comes amid Colombia’s worst wave of unrest in a decade, with dissident armed groups still controlling parts of the country and dominating global cocaine production. Roberto Sandoval, a firefighter living near the toll booth, told AFP that tensions were high following the bombing .
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