# Blast wounds two as de la Espriella cracks down on prisons

https://mins.news/en/item/17412

- France 24, 2026-08-09 11:36 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/blast-wounds-two-as-de-la-espriella-cracks-down-on-prisons

> One day after Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia’s president, the country faced two bombing attacks. During his campaign, he promised a hard-line response to Colombia’s continuing violence and said on social media that there would be no leniency. The army said FARC dissidents used explosives to destroy a highway tollbooth near Cali. In a separate attack about 1,000 kilometres away in the northern department of Cesar, a police officer was killed. The attacks came as the new president moved against prisons.

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