Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa. File
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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro mentioned on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) that bombings which happened on the border with Ecuador have left 27 charred our bodies, as his Ecuadorean counterpart, Daniel Noboa, mentioned his nation was finishing up bombings in its personal territory in opposition to drug traffickers.
“I didn’t give that order,” Mr. Petro mentioned on X, including that the bombings weren’t carried out by Colombian safety forces. “President Petro, your declarations are false, we are appearing in our territory, not yours,” Mr. Noboa posted on X earlier on Tuesday (March 17, 2026), after Mr. Petro instructed in feedback on Monday (March 16, 2026) night time that Ecuador had deployed the bombs in Colombian territory.
Mr. Noboa mentioned the bombed places served as hideouts for teams linked to narco-terrorism, most of them Colombians. “We’ll proceed to wash up and rebuild Ecuador,” he added.
His authorities launched operations on Sunday (March 15, 2026) night time in opposition to legal gangs nationwide, however has not reported on the progress of navy operations on the border.
Ecuador has said that its anti-drug trafficking operations are being carried out with the assist of allied nations, together with the US.
The Ecuadorean authorities didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark relating to the charred our bodies.
Revealed – March 17, 2026 11:51 pm IST