International Business Weekly
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • National
  • Culture
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • National
  • Culture
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
No Result
View All Result
International Business Weekly
No Result
View All Result
Home National

Colombian Armed Group Calls Off ‘Actions’ After Bomb Blasts

Brand Post by Brand Post
September 22, 2023
in National
0
Colombian Armed Group Calls Off ‘Actions’ After Bomb Blasts
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


An armed group engaged in peace negotiations with the Colombian government on Friday announced an immediate cessation of all “offensive actions” after two car bombs in as many days killed two people and injured several others.

The so-called Central General Staff (EMC) — a dissident faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that disarmed in 2017 — said in a statement it had ordered “all fronts, columns and companies” to “suspend offensive actions throughout the national territory against the security forces.”

The cessation will take immediate effect and until a ceasefire agreed with the government takes effect on October 8, said the EMC, which claimed the first of the two bombings but not the other.

The EMC announcement came just hours after a car bomb exploded outside a police station, injuring five civilians, in Jamundi in the Valle del Cauca department where rebels are fighting soldiers engaged in a clampdown on drug trafficking.

“Reprehensible attack in Jamundi,” President Gustavo Petro wrote on X, formerly Twitter, describing it as a reprisal action.

“We continue to affect illegal economies and the reaction is acts of violence,” he added, vowing that the state “will not yield.”

A police statement said the five injured people were all civilians. One was in a serious condition.

The bomb damaged the facade of the police station and five homes in the vicinity.

Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez pointed the finger at the EMC.

“We have had to go meter by meter, we have taken trenches, in some places there was hand-to-hand combat” he said of the ongoing operation against drug trafficking in the area.

“It is clear that the EMC is trying to… distract, to generate pressure in other places so that we will stop this operation, which we are not going to stop,” the minister told Caracol Radio.

On Wednesday, another car bomb targeting a police station in the same region, killed two civilians.

“We recognize as a mistake the imprecision in this military action in which two civilians were killed and five injured,” said the EMC statement. It did not mention Friday’s explosion.

Wednesday’s attack came just a day after Bogota and the EMC announced they would hold peace talks from October 8 and observe a 10-month ceasefire starting on the same date.

The EMC is made up of former FARC fighters — about 3,500 according to official data — who rejected the 2016 peace agreement between the government and the now-dissolved Marxist rebel group.

It has steadily increased its presence in territories formerly occupied by the FARC and largely abandoned by government forces.

Velasquez said about three-quarters of the EMC’s funding comes from drug cultivation in southwestern Colombia, the world’s largest cocaine producer.

Petro took office last August with a vow to bring “total peace” to a country battered by decades of civil conflict between the state and various left-wing guerrilla groups, right-wing paramilitaries and drug traffickers.

Bogota is in talks with the EMC and other armed groups.



Source link

Tags: ActionsArmedBlastsBombCallsColombianGroup
Brand Post

Brand Post

Related Posts

Google AI may soon tell your life story via using your photos, searches
National

Google AI may soon tell your life story via using your photos, searches

December 9, 2023
Georgians March For EU Ahead Of Candidacy Decision
National

Georgians March For EU Ahead Of Candidacy Decision

December 9, 2023
Zimbabwe Opposition Condemn One-sided By-elections
National

Zimbabwe Opposition Condemn One-sided By-elections

December 9, 2023
Next Post
US Stocks Fall Again, Extending Losing Streak

US Stocks Fall Again, Extending Losing Streak

Recycling Plastic Not Enough, Warns UN Environment Chief

Recycling Plastic Not Enough, Warns UN Environment Chief

Pope Set To Draw Marseille Crowds After Pro-migrant Plea

Pope Set To Draw Marseille Crowds After Pro-migrant Plea

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Follow Us

  • 86.7k Followers

Recommended

Sophie Turner Seen Downing Booze at UK Bar Days Before Joe Jonas Filed for Divorce as Friends Say She Felt ‘Trapped in Her Marriage’

Sophie Turner Seen Downing Booze at UK Bar Days Before Joe Jonas Filed for Divorce as Friends Say She Felt ‘Trapped in Her Marriage’

3 months ago
‘Uncharted’ Sell-off In U.S. Stocks Has Investors Wondering When The Pain Stops

‘Uncharted’ Sell-off In U.S. Stocks Has Investors Wondering When The Pain Stops

1 year ago
Six Dead As Truck Hits Dutch Village Barbecue

Six Dead As Truck Hits Dutch Village Barbecue

1 year ago
Parkland Shooter Jailed For Life, Confronted By Victims’ Relatives

Parkland Shooter Jailed For Life, Confronted By Victims’ Relatives

1 year ago

Instagram

    Please install/update and activate JNews Instagram plugin.

Categories

  • Business
  • Culture
  • Lifestyle
  • National
  • News
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • World

Topics

Arrested Attack Bank biden billion Chief china Chinese Climate Court Crypto Cup Day Dead Deal Death details Dies Episode Global Home India inflation Israel Killed Man million musk Oil Police Report Russia Russian South Spoilers Top Trump twitter Ukraine video War WATCH Woman World Years
No Result
View All Result

Highlights

Zimbabwe Opposition Condemn One-sided By-elections

Jason Binn Unveils Groundbreaking Partnership with Tony Robbins in DuJour Select Marketing Initiative

My Man is Cupid Episode 4: How to Watch, Airdate, Preview, Spoilers, and More

Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Turns 75

Maestra Strings Of Truth Episode 2: How to Watch, Airdate, Preview, Spoilers, and More

Welcome to Samdalri Episode 4: How to Watch, Airdate, Preview, Spoilers, and More

Trending

Google AI may soon tell your life story via using your photos, searches
National

Google AI may soon tell your life story via using your photos, searches

by Brand Post
December 9, 2023
0

OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Bard Spreading News-Related Misinformation: ReportIANS Google is mulling to create a bird's-eye view of...

Georgians March For EU Ahead Of Candidacy Decision

Georgians March For EU Ahead Of Candidacy Decision

December 9, 2023
Hollywood Heir Sam Haskell IV, Accused of Grisly Triple Murder, Makes a Bizarre Appearance in Court

Hollywood Heir Sam Haskell IV, Accused of Grisly Triple Murder, Makes a Bizarre Appearance in Court

December 9, 2023
Zimbabwe Opposition Condemn One-sided By-elections

Zimbabwe Opposition Condemn One-sided By-elections

December 9, 2023
Jason Binn Unveils Groundbreaking Partnership with Tony Robbins in DuJour Select Marketing Initiative

Jason Binn Unveils Groundbreaking Partnership with Tony Robbins in DuJour Select Marketing Initiative

December 9, 2023

ABOUT US

International Business Weekly is an American entertainment magazine. We cover business News & feature exclusive interviews with many notable figures

Copyright © 2022 - International Business Weekly

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Contact

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • News
  • Business
  • Culture
  • National
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel

Copyright © 2022 - International Business Weekly by Services4Websites