(News) The Colombian Police affirm that the explosions at the Cúcuta airport could be attributed to the ELN and the FARC dissidents

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It has not yet been possible to determine how many people were involved in the attack or against whom or what was directed, said the director of the National Police.

 

The director of the Colombian National Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia, announced on Tuesday that the investigation into the explosions that shook the facilities of the Camilo Daza international airport, in the city of Cúcuta (Norte de Santander), suggest that "The system used has characteristics that could be assimilated to previous events perpetrated by the ELN and the dissidents of the (front) 33 of the FARC," El Tiempo reports.

Vargas said that the Prosecutor's Office is working with Interpol to establish the identity of a person who died in the first blast, who apparently mani[CENSORED]ted the explosive device. In the second explosion, two members of the Police lost their lives, both anti-explosive technicians, who have already been identified.
The general specified that he cannot provide information on the material that was found at the site, since they are "evidence, which has already been packed for prosecution, but which will be conclusive in the process."

Meanwhile, it has not yet been possible to determine how many people were involved in the attack or against whom or what it was directed. "We know of a dead person and the identification of him, so we are working with the security cameras of the sector, frame by frame, to obtain more data," he added.

On his side, the nation's president, Iván Duque, expressed his rejection of what happened in Cúcuta and described it as a "cowardly terrorist attack." The president reported that the military leadership, the Ministry of Defense, the Police and the Army are coordinating "immediate actions to find those responsible for this attack."

Likewise, the Colombian Defense Minister, Diego Molano, pointed out that in the department of Norte de Santander "three terrorist groups operate that always have these intentions." "The ELN, the FARC and Los Pelusos. Particularly in the Cúcuta area are the ELN and the FARC," he said.

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