News card: Bomb on a utility pole wounds three police officers near Cali, Colombia

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Bomb on a utility pole wounds three police officers near Cali, Colombia. File photo from August 2015 (Franciscokarriere, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) of the three white crosses and antenna masts on Cerro de las Tres Cruces in Cali; not from the attack. Key facts for Saturday, October 17, 2026: on the road to Cerro de las Tres Cruces, in the Guacas sector near Montebello, at about 8:10 AM, an explosive charge on a power pole went off as police passed, and a second blast came as bomb technicians arrived; three officers were hit by shrapnel and police say they are out of danger; Mayor Alejandro Eder offers up to 20 million Colombian pesos for information, and no arrests have been reported; it is Cali's second explosive attack on police in under a week. Sources: El Espectador, Caracol Radio, Infobae. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-co-cali-tres-cruces. @exeindex. — File, Aug 8, 2015: Cerro de las Tres Cruces, Cali. File photo of the landmark, not from Oct 17. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, User:Franciscokarriere, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped by EXE Index) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo); card by EXE Index

Oct 17: A bomb on a utility pole wounded three police officers on the road to Cali's Tres Cruces hill, Colombia, police say. A second blast hit as bomb techs arrived. The mayor offers up to COP 20M for tips.

What: News card: Bomb on a utility pole wounds three police officers near Cali, Colombia
Where: Latin America
When: 2026-10-17
Source: El Espectador
Credit: File, Aug 8, 2015: Cerro de las Tres Cruces, Cali. File photo of the landmark, not from Oct 17. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, User:Franciscokarriere, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped by EXE Index)
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo); card by EXE Index
Details: Latin America, Colombia

crime Colombia Latin America

Sources and credit

El Espectador
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