Explosions In Colombia

At least 11 people died and ten more remained trapped following a coal mine explosion in central Colombia, the governor of Cundinamarca department said today.

An attack using explosives in southwestern Colombia on Friday killed eight police officers, President Gustavo Petro said.

A car bomb explosion at a military base in the Colombian border city of Cucuta injured 36 people on Tuesday, the defense minister said, casting blame for the attack on leftist rebels.

Late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's old fortress in Medellin is to be razed to the ground with explosives to make way for a park dedicated to the victims of drug trafficking, the town hall said on Thursday.

An explosion injured at least 26 people in the Colombian capital Sunday, most of them police guarding a bullring that had been targeted by protests on reopening last month, officials said.

Five people were killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia, the head of the national disaster management agency said on Thursday.

Three soldiers were killed in an explosion in northern Colombia, defense officials said on Thursday, without identifying the culprits.

Four explosive devices went off in Colombia late on Friday ahead of an Americas summit, without causing any casualties or damage to the building, police said.

At least 11 people died and ten more remained trapped following a coal mine explosion in central Colombia, the governor of Cundinamarca department said today.

An attack using explosives in southwestern Colombia on Friday killed eight police officers, President Gustavo Petro said.

A car bomb explosion at a military base in the Colombian border city of Cucuta injured 36 people on Tuesday, the defense minister said, casting blame for the attack on leftist rebels.

Late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's old fortress in Medellin is to be razed to the ground with explosives to make way for a park dedicated to the victims of drug trafficking, the town hall said on Thursday.

An explosion injured at least 26 people in the Colombian capital Sunday, most of them police guarding a bullring that had been targeted by protests on reopening last month, officials said.

Five people were killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia, the head of the national disaster management agency said on Thursday.

Three soldiers were killed in an explosion in northern Colombia, defense officials said on Thursday, without identifying the culprits.

Four explosive devices went off in Colombia late on Friday ahead of an Americas summit, without causing any casualties or damage to the building, police said.