{"id":27289,"date":"2026-04-26T03:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/roadside-bomb-kills-12-in-colombia-videos\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T03:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:15:38","slug":"roadside-bomb-kills-12-in-colombia-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/roadside-bomb-kills-12-in-colombia-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadside bomb kills 12 in Colombia (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>A suspected remotely detonated explosive device ripped apart vehicles on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"110\">A massive roadside blast tore through a bus and other vehicles on Colombia\u2019s Pan-American Highway on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and leaving more than a dozen others wounded in what the authorities called a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"1106\">The explosion struck the El Tunel sector in Cajibio, Cauca, blowing a huge crater into one of the country\u2019s most important transport corridors and scattering wreckage across the road.<\/p>\n<p>Videos from the scene show a bus completely torn apart; its engine was propelled with such force that it landed on another bus. Other vehicles traveling along the road at the time were also damaged.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2026.04\/69ed519f2030271f6437f653.mp4\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1333\" data-end=\"1585\">Early official statements put the toll at seven dead and at least 17 injured, but later reporting said several of the wounded died from their injuries, pushing the death toll to 12, mostly local civilians and indigenous people traveling on the bus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Fue activado un artefacto explosivo en la v\u00eda Panamericana, en el sector de El T\u00fanel, Cajib\u00edo, en un ataque indiscriminado contra la poblaci\u00f3n civil que, de manera preliminar, deja 7 civiles muertos y m\u00e1s de 20 heridos de gravedad. Es una tragedia que nos desgarra como\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4BQ0r6CnUc\">pic.twitter.com\/4BQ0r6CnUc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OCTAVIO GUZM\u00c1N (@OctavioGuzmanGu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OctavioGuzmanGu\/status\/2048111938144764141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1587\" data-end=\"1911\">Colombian President Gustavo Petro blamed the attack on dissident factions of the former FARC guerrilla movement operating under Ivan Mordisco. In a post on X, Petro called the perpetrators <em>\u201cterrorists, fascists and drug traffickers,\u201d<\/em> demanding a worldwide manhunt against what he described as a narcoterrorist structure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf4 | URGENTE: Se reporta atentado terrorista en el suroccidente de Colombia en la V\u00eda Panamericana, al suroeste del pa\u00eds, y que ha dejado al menos 7 muertos y m\u00e1s de 20 heridos. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1g6UUTewa\">pic.twitter.com\/j1g6UUTewa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alerta News 24 (@AlertaNews24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlertaNews24\/status\/2048147474779361373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The bombing came amid at least 26 incidents in just two days across Colombia\u2019s southwest, including attacks on police stations, military units, radar facilities, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Siete personas perdieron la vida tras un at3ntado con un cilindro b0mba en una carretera de Colombia. La 3xplos1\u00f3n ocurri\u00f3 en el sector El T\u00fanel, afectando a un bus y otros veh\u00edculos. Videos difundidos en redes sociales evidencian la magnitud de los da\u00f1os<br \/>\ud83d\udcccMant\u00e9ngase informado\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NfWLFIMjZU\">pic.twitter.com\/NfWLFIMjZU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EL DEBER (@grupoeldeber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grupoeldeber\/status\/2048147174576529898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Petro and regional officials described the violence as part of a wider escalation in Cauca, a department long contested by armed groups fighting over cocaine routes, illegal mining, and territorial control.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2026.04\/69ed50432030271a537c7103.MP4\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1913\" data-end=\"2301\">Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez convened emergency security meetings and announced a reward for information leading to those responsible. Local leaders condemned the bombing as an indiscriminate strike on civilians designed to spread mass fear ahead of Colombia\u2019s May 31 presidential election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suspected remotely detonated explosive device ripped apart vehicles on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca A massive roadside blast tore through a bus and other vehicles on Colombia\u2019s Pan-American Highway on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and leaving more than a dozen others wounded in what the authorities called a terrorist attack. 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