Two presidential campaign staffers killed in Colombia as elections near
Rights office says the violence could hinder ‘exercise of political rights’ ahead of May vote to replace Gustavo Petro.
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People gather at the site of a bomb attack at El Tunel, on the Popayan-Cali road, in Cajibio, Cauca department, Colombia. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
The highway bomb attack in Colombia's southwestern Cauca department killed 19 people and injured at least 38. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
People stand next to victims covered with white sheets at the site of the blast. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
The attack comes just over one month ahead of national elections, in which voters will pick a successor to President Gustavo Petro. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
Red Cross workers carry an injured person. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
President Gustavo Petro blamed the bombing on Ivan Mordisco, the South American country's most-wanted criminal, whom the president has compared to late cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
The violence came after a bomb attack on Friday on a military base in Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, injured two people. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
Military chief Hugo Lopez said on Saturday that 26 attacks have been recorded in Valle del Cauca and Cauca departments over the last two days. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
Security is one of the central issues of the May 31 presidential election. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
Authorities have boosted military and police presence in the areas, Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
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