Shortly after the start of the UN Conference on Species Conservation (COP16) in Colombia, there were attacks by a guerrilla group in the immediate vicinity of the location on Monday evening. They carried out a bomb attack and shot three civilians. The splinter group EMC is in open conflict with the government in Bogotá.
According to Colombian authorities, the attacks by the Central General Staff (EMC) group took place just a few kilometers from Cali, where the UN conference is taking place until November 1. The members attacked a military vehicle with a bomb and shot three civilians.
Three civilians were shot dead
According to the army, the bombing took place on Monday evening in the village of El Bordo, about 150 kilometers from Cali. “The explosive detonated about 100 meters before the truck arrived,” regional army commander General Federico Mejia told Blu Radio. According to Colombian authorities, no injuries were reported in the terrorist attack.
In contrast to the attack in Suárez: Also on Monday evening, about 45 kilometers from Cali, three civilians traveling together in a car were shot. The victims were two men and a woman from the same family, Suárez mayor Cesar Cerón confirmed to Blu Radio. The area is controlled by a subgroup of the EMC.
COP16 security “is guaranteed”
The EMC is a splinter group of the left-wing guerrilla fighters FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and is in open conflict with the government in Bogotá. Even before COP16 started in Cali, the group had asked foreign delegations to stay away from the conference. However, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the security of COP16 was “guaranteed”.
To protect the conference, security measures have been tightened and approximately 11,000 Colombian police and soldiers are present. At the conference, which started on Monday and runs until November 1, about 23,000 participants, including a hundred ministers and a dozen heads of state and government, want to agree by 2030 on a plan to end the destruction of nature and the global extinction of the to control nature. kind.
Source: Krone
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