Colombia Drone Strike and Car Bombing Leave at Least 18 Dead

At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured in two attacks in Colombia linked to FARC dissidents. In Cali, a car bomb exploded near a military aviation school, killing six and injuring 71. Hours earlier, a drone downed a police Black Hawk helicopter in Antioquia during a coca crop eradication mission, killing 12 officers. President Gustavo Petro blamed FARC dissidents rejecting the 2016 peace deal and later tied the attacks to both the EMC faction and the Gulf Clan drug cartel. Colombia faces record coca cultivation, with 253,000 hectares under crops in 2023, fueling ongoing violence and conflict.