Very deadly explosive attack on security forces in Colombia 8 police officers killed

Bomb Blast in Colombia: Eight police officers were killed in an explosive attack in western Colombia on Friday. Regarding this incident, President Gustavo Petro said, 'This is the deadliest attack on the security forces since the country promised to end almost 60 years of conflict.' Police sources said that eight police officers were killed on Friday when they were traveling by vehicle. His vehicle was attacked with explosives.

President Gustavo Petro said, "I strongly condemn the attack. 8 policemen were killed in the attack. I sympathize with the families of the dead. This act is a complete obstacle to complete peace. I have visited the area to investigate with the authorities." told to leave."

Petro has resolved to seek "absolute peace".

Petro, a former member of the M-19 rebel movement, has vowed to seek "complete peace" by resuming talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels. For this, the 2016 Peace Agreement for the Fighters of the Former Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) of Colombia has been implemented. So that the surrender of crime gangs can be negotiated in exchange for less punishment.

FARC is active in the dissident area of ​​the rebel movement

Rechazo contundentemente el ataque con explosivos donde murieron 8 policías en San Luis, Huila. Solidaridad con sus familias. Estos hechos expresan un claro saboteo a la paz total. He pedido a las autoridades desplazarse al territorio para asumir la investigación.

— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) September 2, 2022

Let us tell you that his predecessor, the conservative Ivan Duque, broke peace talks with the ELN after the 2019 car bomb attack on a police academy in Bogota that killed 22 people. Petro did not name the suspected perpetrators of Friday's attack, but according to security sources, the now-disbanded FARC rebels are active in the so-called dissident area of ​​the movement. At the same time, according to the government, dissident groups have rejected the peace agreement reached by their former leadership and count some 2,400 fighters in their ranks. Several famous dissident commanders have recently been killed, many in cross-border fighting in Venezuela. are.

How many people died in the Colombian conflict between 1985 and 2018

At least 450,000 people have been killed between 1985 and 2018 alone in Colombia's conflict between the government, left-wing rebels, right-wing paramilitary forces and drug trafficking gangs.