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Colombia in mourning after deadliest attack in decades

Colombia in mourning after deadliest attack in decades

Colombia on Monday was in mourning for the 21 victims of the country's deadliest bomb attack on civilians in decades, coming in the run-up to key elections. Saturday's bomb attack on a highway in southwestern Cauca department comes amid a sharp uptick in violence ahead

Elections under fire: Colombia endures deadliest campaign in decades

Elections under fire: Colombia endures deadliest campaign in decades

A presidential candidate has been assassinated, rebels have pipe‑bombed a major city and a third of the country is considered unsafe for candidates -- all making Colombia's 2026 election campaign one of the most violent in decades. Nowhere is that danger more palpable than in Cauca, where a