Colombia offers record $1.4m-reward for rebel it blames for deadly bomb attack
Officials say a rebel leader known as "Marlon" ordered the attack in which 20 people were killed.
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Officials say a rebel leader known as "Marlon" ordered the attack in which 20 people were killed.
Colombia's Defence Minister Pedro Sánchez offers a record reward for information leading to the capture of rebel leader 'Marlon', suspected of ordering a deadly bomb attack that killed 20 people on the Pan-American Highway.
An explosive attack in Colombia's Cauca province has resulted in 20 deaths and over 36 injuries, with authorities blaming a dissident faction of the FARC rebels for the bombing on the Pan-American Highway.
A bomb attack on a highway in southwestern Colombia has killed 14 people and injured at least 38, with authorities blaming dissidents of the disbanded FARC guerrilla army for the attack.
A bomb attack in southwestern Colombia has resulted in 14 deaths and 38 injuries, with President Gustavo Petro blaming the leader of the EMC faction of the FARC rebel group for the attack and ordering intensified operations.
Colombia's government offers a reward of nearly $800,000 for information leading to the capture of those behind an attack on a helicopter carrying President Ivan Duque near the Venezuela border.
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