The budget of the double attack that took place yesterday in Colombia is at least 17, while the president Gustavo Petro attributes both attacks on the dissidents of the dissolved facr, revolutionary armed forces of Colombia. It reports ap. There would be 12 police officers who died in the attack on a helicopter who, according to the authorities, was transporting staff to an anti -equity area, in northern Colombia, to eradicate the crops of coca leaves, the raw material for cocaine.
Pedro had initially reported that eight agents had been killed, but the Governor of Antioquia, Andrés Julián, said that four others died later and three were injured. The anti -equity governor had declared to X that a drone had attacked the helicopter as he flocked the crocal crops. Colombian defense minister Pedro Sánchez said that preliminary information indicates that the attack caused a fire in the plane.
In the meantime, the authorities of the southwestern city of Cali have reported that a vehicle full of explosive has exploded near a military aviation school, killing five people and injuring over 30. The Colombian military aeronautics did not immediately provide further details on the explosion.
Initially Petro had attributed the attack on the helicopter to the Gulf clan, the largest active drug sign in the country but then specified that an alleged member of the dissident group was arrested in the explosion area.
The dissidents of the Farcs, who rejected a peace agreement with the government in 2016, and the members of the Gulf clan both operate with anti -equity. The cultivation of coca leaves is increasing in Colombia. According to the latest available report of the United Nations Office against drugs and crime, the cultivated surface reached the record figure of 253,000 hectares in 2023.