Overview

• Authorities report at least 18 fatalities and more than 60 injuries after a truck bomb near Cali’s Marco Fidel Suárez aviation school and the shootdown of a police helicopter in rural Amalfi.
• President Gustavo Petro links the attacks to Estado Mayor Central dissidents, citing the Frente 36 in Amalfi and columns tied to Carlos Patiño/Jaime Martínez in the Cali blast.
• Petro says EMC, Segunda Marquetalia, and the Clan del Golfo will be treated as terrorist organizations subject to international pursuit.
• Two suspects were detained, including a man identified by Petro as alias Sebastián, and the army says a second explosive-laden vehicle in Cali was neutralized.
• Emergency steps include military deployments in Cali, restrictions on heavy trucks, rewards for information, and investigations backed by the Fiscalía, as the UN human rights office and foreign governments condemn the violence.