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Car Bomb Shakes Colombia’s Key Highway | Vancouver News
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A car bomb ripped through a key toll plaza on Colombia’s Pan-American Highway—just one day after President Abelardo de la Espriella took office. The blast, powerful enough to hurl people from their beds and shatter windows, targeted a vital transport artery and sent shockwaves through the region. Authorities blame FARC splinter groups who rejected past peace deals, while the new president vowed zero tolerance, moving 117 high-risk prisoners to maximum-security facilities and pledging to keep Colombia’s roads open despite threats. With bomb-sniffing dogs scouring the wreckage and the Minister of Transportation condemning the attack, this explosion isn’t just violence—it’s a direct challenge to the nation’s stability and resolve.
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