Deadly Guerrilla Attacks Expose Colombia’s Ongoing Security Failures
The brutal killing of Colombian police pilots by FARC dissidents and a car bomb outside an air base reveal persistent security gaps, underscoring the dangers posed by unresolved insurgencies with global implications.
Colombia is once again grappling with violence that exposes not only the deadly reach of criminal guerrilla factions but also the lingering failures in securing national sovereignty—failures that resonate far beyond its borders. Recent attacks, including the downing of a police helicopter carrying Capt. Francisco Merchan and his colleague Michael Astaiza by a dissident faction of the former FARC, along with a car bomb explosion near an Air Force base in Cali, send a stark message: Colombia’s internal turmoil continues to fester unchecked. Why Are Guerrilla Groups Still Operating With Impunity? How long will governments tolerate these recurring assaults without...
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