A video from a security camera captured the moment in which a hooded criminal threw an explosive device at the home of the mayor of Carmen de Atrato, Jaime Arturo Herrera, a fact that fortunately left no injuries.
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In the material you can see how the attacker watches the area, advances several meters, and when he reaches the front of the house he throws what appears to be a grenade and then runs, later the detonation is seen, fire comes out and the windows of several houses explode. .
While the authorities investigate what happened, Governor Nubia Carolina Córdoba rejected the situation and called for urgent safety advice to advance the investigations of this case.
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“We reject the vile attack against the home of the mayor of Carmen de Atrato Jaime Arturo Herrera. This is not the only act of terrorism that has been generated in the jurisdiction with the burning of buses of public transport companies, frightening citizens; However, this time there is also an attack on the governability of a territory, against her president and his family,” said the governor.
As seen in the video, the situation occurred this Tuesday, November 19, after 6 pm.
Other news from the region
The authorities confirmed the capture of three men accused of being responsible for the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Ivan Bonilla, whose body was found dismembered and buried in the Nuevo Amanecer neighborhood of Buenaventura, in April 2023.
According to Colonel Hernando Barajas, commander of the Buenaventura police, The detainees are members of the criminal gang ‘Los Shottas’and identified as driving the forced displacement of dozens of families and violent acts perpetrated in commune 12 of the district.
“The capture by court order of three members of the ‘Shottas’ Organized Criminal Group group known by the aliases ‘Papi John’, ‘Víctor’ and ‘Locura’ was achieved.These captures allow the clarification of the forced disappearance of Iván Bonilla García a 29-year-old young man who was reported missing on April 8 of last year,” he said.
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