At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured in two attacks attributed to dissident factions of the former FARC. A vehicle packed with explosives detonated near a military aviation school in Cali, killing six and injuring 71. Hours earlier, a National Police Black Hawk helicopter engaged in coca eradication was downed by a drone in Amalfi, Antioquia, killing 12 officers. Authorities reported the helicopter caught fire; the governor said a drone attacked as it flew over coca crops. The president blamed dissident FARC factions and also initially blamed the Gulf Clan, alleging the helicopter was retaliation for a cocaine seizure.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says armed dissidents, drug trafficking cartels should be considered terrorists' and pursued internationally'. At least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured in two attacks in Colombia attributed to dissident factions of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group. In Cali, the country's third most populated city, a vehicle packed with explosives detonated on Thursday near a military aviation school, in an incident that left six people dead and 71 injured, according to the mayor's office.
Hours earlier, a National Police Black Hawk helicopter participating in a coca leaf crop eradication operation was downed by a drone in the municipality of Amalfi, in the department of Antioquia, killing 12 police officers. Colombian President Gustavo Petro blamed the attacks on dissident factions of the now-defunct FARC group that have rejected a 2016 peace agreement to end a prolonged internal conflict that has left more than 450,000 dead in the country.
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