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Blast wounds two as de la Espriella cracks down on prisons Americas Issued on: 09/08/2026 - 13:36 Share A day after being sworn in as president, Abelardo de la Espriella is facing two bombing attacks in Colombia.

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What happened

Blast wounds two as de la Espriella cracks down on prisons Americas Issued on: 09/08/2026 - 13:36 Share A day after being sworn in as president, Abelardo de la Espriella is facing two bombing attacks in Colombia.

Why it matters

He campaigned on a hard-line approach to the country’s ongoing violence and vowed on social media that there would be no leniency.

Common ground

The army says FARC dissidents used explosives to destroy a highway tollbooth near Cali, while a police officer was killed in a separate attack around 1,000 kilometres away in the northern department of Cesar.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a police officer was killed in a separate attack around 1,000 kilometres away in the northern department of Cesar.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of 'Police' and information about 'Split, Croatia', which are completely irrelevant to the claim regarding a police officer killed in the department of Cesar, Colombia. No specific evidence was found to confirm or deny this event.
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web search NEUTRAL — Police forces include both preventive (uniformed) police and detectives. Terminology varies from country to country. Police functions include protecting life and property, enforcing criminal law, crim…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police
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web search NEUTRAL — Split (/ splɪt /; [4][5] Croatian: [splît] ⓘ) is the second-largest city in Croatia, after the capital Zagreb, situated on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. As the administrative seat of Split-Da…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split,_Croatia
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Police are a body of officers representing the civil authority of government. Police typically are responsible for maintaining public order and safety, enforcing the law, and preventing, …
https://www.britannica.com/topic/police
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Claim 2: “A day after being sworn in as president, Abelardo de la Espriella is facing two bombing attacks in Colombia.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as the 36th President of Colombia on August 7, 2026, and that bombing attacks occurred the following day. This is supported by Wikipedia and multiple web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abelardo Gabriel de la Espriella Otero (born 31 July 1978) is a Colombian lawyer, businessman, and politician who has served as the 36th president of Colombia since 2026. He is the founder and leader …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelardo_de_la_Espriella
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Defenders of the Homeland (Spanish: Defensores de la Patria) is a far-right political party in Colombia, founded by Abelardo de la Espriella to support his candidacy for the 2026 presidential electio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenders_of_the_Homeland_(Col…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration as the 36th President of Colombia took place on Friday, August 7, 2026. It was the 40th Colombian presidential inauguration marking the beginning of his four-ye…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration_of_Abelardo_de_la…
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Claim 3: “The army says FARC dissidents used explosives to destroy a highway tollbooth near Cali”
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A web search result explicitly states that according to Colombia's army, FARC guerrilla members used explosives to destroy a highway tollbooth near Cali, resulting in minor injuries to two security guards.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cali Cartel (Spanish: Cartel de Cali) was a Colombian drug cartel based in Cali and the Valle del Cauca in southern Colombia. Its founders were the brothers Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Miguel Rod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali_Cartel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FARC dissidents (Spanish: Disidencias de las Farc), including the Carlos Patiño Front, are groups of former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who refused to lay down their a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FARC_dissidents
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC) was a far-left Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_…
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