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- A truck packed with explosives blew up near a police station in Cucuta before dawn on Saturday, injuring several civilians and police officers.
- Colombia's government blamed rebels from the National Liberation Army or ELN, the country's largest active guerrilla group, for the truck explosion.
- President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella denounced the attack on law enforcement on X ahead of his inauguration, which will have exceptional security measures.
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Colombian authorities surveyed the damage caused by a truck explosion in Cucuta in the north of the country. On Saturday morning before dawn, the vehicle packed with explosives was blown to pieces near police station. Several people were injured including civilians and police officers, but no one was killed.
Colombia's government blamed rebels from the National Liberation Army or ELN, the country's largest active guerrilla group. >> We are not going to stop. We're going to identify the culprits. We're going to locate them. We're going to bring them to justice, and we're going to take every measure necessary to prevent this kind of attack, to guarantee the safety of civic life, and of course, to block these demented criminal terrorists.
>> This explosion occurred less than a week before the inauguration of president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella. The event will be accompanied by exceptional security measures. Approximately 11,000 soldiers and police officers will be deployed. On X, the future president denounced the attack on law enforcement.
>> I condemn in the strongest possible terms the cowardly terrorist attack carried out in Cucuta against our national police. Terrorism will not intimidate Colombia, nor will it break the will of Colombians to live in peace and security. >> The far-right president-elect has promised to intensify the fight against guerrilla groups and drug cartels in the country. This announced crackdown comes amid an escalation of violence in the last 10 years.