Not less than 17 individuals have been killed after a automotive bombing and an assault on a police helicopter in Colombia, officers have stated.
Authorities within the southwest metropolis of Cali stated a car loaded with explosives detonated close to a army aviation college, killing 5 individuals and injuring greater than 30.
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Authorities stated at the very least 12 died within the assault on a helicopter transporting personnel to an space in Antioquia in northern Colombia, the place they have been to destroy coca leaf crops – the uncooked materials used within the manufacturing of cocaine.
Antioquia governor Andres Julian stated a drone attacked the helicopter because it flew over coca leaf crops.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro attributed each incidents to dissidents of the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
He stated the plane was focused in retaliation for a cocaine seizure that allegedly belonged to the Gulf Clan.
Each FARC dissidents and members of the Gulf Clan function in Antioquia.
It comes as a report from the United Nations Workplace on Medicine and Crime discovered that coca leaf cultivation is on the rise in Colombia.
The realm underneath cultivation reached a file 253,000 hectares in 2023, in line with the UN’s newest out there report.
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