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Colombia. Petro Denounces Entry of Arms From Ecuador to Attack Civilians in Southwestern Colombia - Latin American Summary

Latin American Summary, May 3, 2026. The Colombian president linked the armament used in the department of Cauca with Ecuadorian mafias. President Gustavo Petro ordered the Armed Forces to investigate the Ecuadorian origin of the explosives used in the attacks that have mourned the department of Cauca. Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, [...] La entrada Colombia. Petro denounces arms entry from Ecuador to attack civilians in the Colombian sout…
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The Colombian president linked the armament used in the department of Cauca with Ecuadorian mafias.

The violence in Cauca revives the ghost of Caguán and stirs up the presidential campaign, while Petro fails with Total Peace The article "Is the escalation of violence in Cauca a move to hit Ivan Cepeda's presidential aspiration?" was originally published in Las2orillas.co: Stories, Voices and News from Colombia. Copyrights Las2orillas.co

DOBLE LLAVE – The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said that the weapons and explosives used by armed groups to attack civilians in the department of Cauca (southwest) enter from Ecuador, a country with which his government is experiencing diplomatic tension. “The weapons with which civilians are killed in Cauca come from Ecuador: ammunition and explosives enter the border”, said the president in a message published in his X account. Petro’…

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said today, Sunday, May 3, 2026, that the weapons and explosives used in attacks against civilians in the south-west of his country enter Ecuador, in the midst of growing diplomatic tension between the two governments. (You may be interested: Petro asks to investigate whether explosives of the attack in Cauca arrived from Ecuador) The statement came after an attack occurred in the department of Cauca, a …

Latin American Summary, May 3, 2026. The Colombian president linked the armament used in the department of Cauca with Ecuadorian mafias. President Gustavo Petro ordered the Armed Forces to investigate the Ecuadorian origin of the explosives used in the attacks that have mourned the department of Cauca. Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, [...] La entrada Colombia. Petro denounces arms entry from Ecuador to attack civilians in the Colombian sout…

The Colombian president directly linked the armament used by FARC dissidents to the illegal market on the Ecuadorian border after the bloody attack on the Pan American Way. The post Diplomatic Tension: Petro states that the weapons that kill civilians in Cauca arrive from Ecuador appeared first on El Nacional.

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