Overview
- Two detonations struck the Regimiento de Artillería Mecanizada RAM-2 in Viacha on Friday, producing a much larger second blast whose technical cause is still undetermined.
- Rescue teams have recovered eight bodies and continue searching for about six people still unaccounted for while workers clear rubble and process remains for identification.
- Investigators found boosters, described by the defense minister as explosive multipliers, and stored pyrotechnic black powder inside the depot, raising questions about how volatile materials were kept.
- The Fiscalía opened a criminal probe for alleged culpable homicide, injurious conduct and other charges, and the president declared national mourning while ordering aid for families.
- Medical authorities report 84 injured with 53 discharged and 31 still hospitalized, several in serious condition, and officials say technical analyses of the larger blast and safety reviews of other depots are ongoing.