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The guerrilla group ELN of Colombia was awarded this Saturday the terrorist attack that left 13 police officers injured in the Puerto Rellena sector in the city of Cali, according to a statement.
Through Twitter, President Iván Duque condemned the ELN attack and indicated that "Colombia will not bow or will ever bow to terrorism and our government will never reward terrorists."
Defense Minister Diego Molano traveled to Cali to carry out an inspection of what happened.
Molado received a report from General Jorge Luis Vargas, director of the Colombian National Police, who has been at the scene since Friday.
Security personnel inspect a national police truck destroyed by an explosive device in Cali, Colombia, on January 8, 2022. (Photo by PAOLA MAFLA / AFP via Getty Images)
On Friday night, the Cali security secretary, Colonel Carlos Soler Parra, reported on his Twitter account that it was a terrorist attack with an explosive charge by remote control against an ESMAD (Mobile Anti-Riot Squad) truck.
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