2026 Cauca bombing
| 2026 Cauca bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Colombian conflict | |
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| Location | Pan-American Highway near Cajibío, Cauca Department, Colombia |
| Date | 25 April 2026 |
| Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | 20 |
| Injured | 36 |
| Perpetrator | FARC dissidents (according to Colombian government) |
On 25 April 2026, a bomb exploded along the Pan-American Highway in the municipality of Cajibío, department of Cauca, Colombia, setting fire to a bus and damaging several vehicles, which resulted in the killing of 20 civilians and the wounding of 36 more.[1][2]
Authorities accused the main dissident group of the FARC guerrillas,[3] and Defence Minister Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez offered a 5 billon peso (US$1.4m, €1.2m) reward for the suspect Iván Jacob Idrobo Arredondo, aka "Marlon".[4]
The previous day, an attack on a military base in Cali, the country's third-largest city, left one person dead and marked the beginning of a series of attacks in the Cauca region, a stronghold of FARC dissidents.[3]
Colombia is to hold a presidential election at the end of May.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Death toll in Colombia highway bus bomb attack rises to 20". BBC News. 26 April 2026.
- ^ Pardo, Jhoan (26 April 2026). "Aumenta a 19 el número de víctimas mortales tras atentado en Cajibío, Cauca" [Death toll from the attack in Cajibío, Cauca, rises to 19]. Infobae.
- ^ a b "Atentado com explosivos deixa 20 mortos na Colômbia" [Bombing leaves 20 dead in Colombia]. BBC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ^ a b Buschschlüter, Vanessa (27 April 2026). "Colombia offers record $1.4m-reward for rebel it blames for deadly bomb attack". BBC News.
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