Colombia truck bomb, drone attacks kill 18 amid deepening security crisis

Two attacks by dissident guerrilla groups killed 18 people and wounded dozens in Colombia on Thursday, authorities said, as a truck bomb struck Cali and a drone downed a police helicopter at a northern coca farm, deepening the country’s worst security crisis in decades.

Aug 22, 2025 - 14:04
Colombia truck bomb, drone attacks kill 18 amid deepening security crisis
Two attacks by dissident guerrilla groups killed 18 people and wounded dozens in Colombia on Thursday, authorities said, as a truck bomb struck Cali and a drone downed a police helicopter at a northern coca farm, deepening the country’s worst security crisis in decades.