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Bus blast in Colombia kills 13 amid rising violence
France 24 ^ | 26/4/26 | Lea Hurel

Posted on 04/26/2026 6:00:05 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

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An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a “terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates. ...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: busblast; colombia; drugtrafficking; farc
Well, so much for my vacation plans.
1 posted on 04/26/2026 6:00:05 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Last election, Colombia elected an leftie, first time in history!
He is widely unpopular, and as always, when leftie in charge, the country is going down quickly.
There is an upcoming election this summer.
Will see who wins?!


2 posted on 04/26/2026 6:36:39 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: Eleutheria5

Every coward in that “country” will be heading over the Darian Gap in the new Chevy pickups to seek some of the “asylum” issued by the three bastards on the DC appeals court.


3 posted on 04/26/2026 6:42:34 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Have an ICE day! Support ICE and CBP. Thank all the ICE officers. They are fighting for us. )
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To: Eleutheria5

That was a big bomb looking at the crater it left.


4 posted on 04/26/2026 7:41:49 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Eleutheria5

We pumped so many billions of dollars into that worthless country. Their civil war lasted for so many years because the rich and upper middle class had no skin in the game by legally purchasing the deferment of their kids from being drafted into the army.


5 posted on 04/26/2026 10:02:58 AM PDT by Salvavida
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For a time, under Dubya, they were heading for normalcy. O’Bama put a stop to that. Ripped up a free trade agreement, dissed their Presidente, now it’s just another hopelessly corrupt narco-state.


6 posted on 04/26/2026 10:22:23 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
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At some point, it has to come from the national republic to build upon specific and distinctive propositions. Their educational institutions didn’t do it.


7 posted on 04/26/2026 10:39:08 AM PDT by Salvavida
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