At least 5 police officers killed in Colombia bombing
By Ray Sanchez, CNN
Updated 8:50 PM ET, Sat January 27, 2018
(CNN)At least five Colombian police officers were killed and 42 others injured Saturday morning after a bomb was hurled at a station house in the northern coastal city of Barranquilla, police said.
The attacker, riding on a motorcycle, threw an explosive device at the station in the San Jose neighborhood as officers were preparing to start the workday, according to Fernando Ramos of the Colombian police.
The attorney general's office identified the attacker as Cristian Camilo Bellon Galindo, 31. Authorities said he was charged with five counts of aggravated homicide, and 42 counts of attempted homicide. Charges related to and terrorism and use of explosives will be filed, authorities said.
Read more at: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/27/americas/colombia-police-station-bombing/index.html
The article goes on to say the motivation for this was likely recent police operations against criminal gangs. At least, this seems to go on much less in Colombia than during the Escobar era. Did Colombia somewhat defeating the drug gangs lead to a lot of the action moving to Mexico? I don't know. Maybe an expert knows. I've sort of heard this in the past.
