Two Colombia police officers killed after a bomb attack on a patrol on a highway in Antioquia (+18)
According to recent reports from the authorities, the Gulf Clan is present in this region of the country,
This August 30, two uniformed members of the National Police died after an attack against the patrol in which they were traveling in the municipality of Frontino, a western subregion of Antioquia.
The deceased were identified as Major Mauricio Grueso Monterrosa, commander of District 11 of the Frontino Police, and patrolman Wílber Alexánder Silva Goez.
In the first investigations, they indicate that the attack, apparently, was committed by the Edwin Román Velásquez substructure, of the Clan del Golfo, which commits a crime in this region of the country.
“An explosive device that according to the first report was activated when the Police patrol passed on the road that leads to the entrance to the Frontino municipality, in the Chorodó sector, causing the death of two uniformed men, including the district commander , Monterrosa and agent Silva, and two injured who were initially transferred to the María Antonia Toro Hospital, in the municipality of Frontino ”.
It should be remembered that, on June 2, an armored car that was traveling from Cañasgordas to Santa Fe de Antioquia for a mechanical review was also attacked with an explosive device..
