Cocaine-trafficking rebels bomb Colombian highway, killing and injuring dozens

6 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Apr 27

The bombing on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca killed 21 and injured 56, including five children, just over a month before Colombia's presidential elections.
Authorities blame Ivn Mordisco's Farc dissident faction for the attack, which left a 200-cubic-metre crater and triggered heightened military and police presence in the region.
The attack is part of a surge in election-related violence, with 26 attacks recorded in two days and leading candidates campaigning under heavy security after receiving death threats.

After the deadliest civilian attack in decades, what is the government's new plan to protect its people?

How can Colombia hold a free election when armed groups are bombing highways and killing civilians?

Is the bombing a final death blow to the 2016 Peace Accord, a decade after its signing?

With President Petro's 'Total Peace' strategy in ruins, is Colombia spiraling back into a full-scale civil war?

Beyond more troops, how can the state dismantle the 'parallel governments' run by these armed groups?

Is the notorious warlord Iván Mordisco becoming the new Pablo Escobar of Colombia?