A car bomb exploded at a toll booth in southwestern Colombia Monday, injuring at least three civilians, the army said, as fighting between the military and rebel groups intensified in the region.
The military blamed the attack near the town of El Bordo in Cauca department on the Carlos Patiño front, a group led by former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, who did not join a 2016 peace deal with the Colombian government.
“I deplore this terrorist attack…along the Panamerican highway,” Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said on X. “Attacking infrastructure harms people, truck drivers and all of those who need to travel.”
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Source: ABC News
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