Overview

• Authorities say a truck bomb exploded near the Marco Fidel Suárez aviation school in Cali and a police helicopter was downed in rural Amalfi during coca-eradication support, leaving at least 14 dead and dozens injured.
• President Gustavo Petro attributed the helicopter attack to the EMC’s Frente 36 and said the Cali bombing was a retaliatory strike by dissident structures operating in the Cañón del Micay.
• A suspect identified by Petro as alias Sebastián was detained at the Cali scene, and the Fiscalía reported that two men were placed at its disposal as investigations advance.
• Cali was militarized with tightened checkpoints and temporary restrictions on heavy trucks, and rewards were offered for information leading to those responsible.
• National officials announced plans to classify the EMC, Segunda Marquetalia and the Clan del Golfo as terrorist organizations and signaled potential exceptional measures as casualty counts and responsibility assessments continue to be verified.