BOGOTA (COLOMBIA): A car bomb exploded within a military base in the border town of Cucuta, which makes 36 people injured, including three critical condition, officials said.
Through an emergency trip to the foundation, defence Union Diego Molano explained Tuesday’s blast because of”gruesome terrorist assault” that targeted Colombian soldiers sought to injure as many soldiers as you can.
Molano reported that the National Liberation Army, Colombia’s biggest remaining rebel group, was probably behind the assault, however he failed to offer any proof to support that claim.
In addition, he explained dissident members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a band that signed a peace deal with the authorities in 2016, might have been included.
Cucuta is situated on the boundary with Venezuela and is also currently the capital of North Santander country, where many criminal groups are still fighting drug trafficking routes and utilize the broadly patrolled boundary with Venezuela to inject weapons and fuel.
Last year several US military advisers and coaches in the very first Security Force Assistance Brigade spent some time in the bottom which was murdered on Tuesday with a few also seeing another foundation found in the city of Tibu.
Videos published on societal media revealed black columns of smoke rising in the foundation followed by a loud explosion which smashed windows and ruined offices.
The burst comes as anti-government protests seem to end up in Colombia, together with demonstration leaders declaring Tuesday that they’ll suspend marches which have been happening for seven months.
At least 50 people have died in the protests over poverty and increasing inequality, which began on April 28.
Molano stated Tuesday’s explosion happened shortly after 3pm when guys disguised as soldiers drove a white pickup truck to the foundation.
At 2019, a car bomb set off from the ELN in a police academy at Bogota, murdered 21 people and prompted the authorities to stop peace talks with the rebel band.