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Violence escalates in Colombia with dozens of attacks before presidential vote

dissident groups of the former FARC rebels. **Santiago Saldarriaga/AP** Santiago Saldarriaga/AP BOGOTA, Colombia — A spate of attacks against civilians and military bases in Colombia's southwestern region has raised security concerns as the country heads

Bomb blast on Colombia highway leaves at least 20 dead ahead of May elections

dissident faction of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) that operates in the region. A bomb attack on Friday on a military base in Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, injured

At least 20 killed in Colombia highway blast

violence,” Joao Valencia, 42, a relative of a woman killed in the attack, told the AFP news agency, holding up her picture. “These kinds of women should die of old age, not have their lives