They find a bomb “dropped from a plane”

“A bomb dropped from a plane has appeared. The methods will be investigated well, very close to the border with Ecuador, confirming my suspicion a little, but we must investigate well, because They are bombing us from Ecuador and they are not armed groups“Petro assured during the Council of Ministers.

Petro’s complaint occurs in the middle trade war between both countries and which was started last January by the Ecuadorian president, Daniel Noboawhen announcing the imposition of a “security rate” of 30% on Colombian importsgiven the inaction of the Colombian Government in the fight against drug trafficking on the border.

Colombia responded to this rate with tariffs on 73 products and cut off the electricity supply to Ecuadorr, so the Noboa Government increased the rate it charged for transporting Colombian crude oil through one of its largest pipelines. In addition, since March 1, the tax increased to 50%.

Regarding the discovery of a bomb, Gustavo Petro has indicated that “there are many explosions” and announced that “very soon” they will make public “a recording” that reached their Government from Ecuador about the dropping of bombs on Colombian soil.

The president also pointed out that he asked his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in a phone call last week, to “act and call the president of Ecuador because we do not want to go to war.”

“National sovereignty is respected (…) “The bomb is active, so it is dangerous and we have to make appropriate decisions.”Petro added.

Last week, Ecuador and the United States signed an agreement that formalized the opening of the first office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the Andean country, which will aim to support the fight against international organized crime groups.

In addition to the opening of the office, a new police unit was created that will allow both countries to improve their joint capacity to “identify, dismantle, and bring to justice those who traffic drugs, launder money, smuggle weapons, and finance terrorism,” according to information provided then by the United States Embassy in Ecuador.

This agreement is in addition to the joint military operations that both countries began at the beginning of the month in Ecuador against “terrorist” organizations, in which they bombed and destroyed a training camp of the Border Commandos, a dissident group of the demobilized Colombian FARC guerrilla.