Bogota ¨C A highway bomb attack in a restive region of southwestern Colombia killed 14 people and injured at least 38 on Saturday, the latest spate of violence ahead of next month¡¯s presidential election.
Authorities blamed the attack in the Cauca department ¡ª a conflict-ridden, coca-growing region ¡ª on dissidents of the now-disbanded FARC guerrilla army, who have been sowing violence across the country.
¡°Those who carried out this attack ... are terrorists, fascists and drug traffickers,¡± President Gustavo Petro said on X.
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