Colombia

Nine workers killed in Colombia coal mine explosion

The national mining agency had warned weeks earlier that a buildup of gases at the mine could become dangerous.

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Car show turns to tragedy as monster truck drives into crowd in Colombia

Distraught onlookers caught the moment a monster truck lost control at a car show and plowed into spectators in Colombia

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At least 20 killed in Colombia highway blast

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has blamed a ‘narco-terrorist group’, led by a former FARC fighter, for the attack.

Bomb attack on Colombia highway kills 19 ahead of election

People gather at the site of a bomb attack at El Tunel, on the Popayan-Cali road, in Cajibio, Cauca department, Colombia. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]

The highway bomb attack in Colombia's southwestern Cauca department killed 19 people and injured at least 38. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]

People stand next to victims covered with white sheets at the site of the blast. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]

The attack comes just over one month ahead of national elections, in which voters will pick a successor to President Gustavo Petro. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]

Red Cross workers carry an injured person. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]

President Gustavo Petro blamed the bombing on Ivan Mordisco, the South American country's most-wanted criminal, whom the president has compared to late cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]

The violence came after a bomb attack on Friday on a military base in Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, injured two people. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]

Military chief Hugo Lopez said on Saturday that 26 attacks have been recorded in Valle del Cauca and Cauca departments over the last two days. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]