IED

IED event in Cauca, El Hogar area, Colombia on Fri 14th November 2025

14th November 2025

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On 14 November 2025, near El Hogar (Cauca), a suspected FARC dissident died when the car bomb he was driving accidentally detonated near the old Tunia toll gate, just minutes before reaching its intended target, a police outpost on the Panamericana road. The blast caused power outages in several neighboring veredas. This incident may have been part of a series of retaliatory actions by EMC FARC dissidents that week, following two airstrikes by the Colombian Air Force on EMC FARC dissident camps in Arauca and Guaviare departments (coded separately). 1 fatality.

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Cauca ( El Hogar area )

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