Police deactivated a cart bomb in a village southwest of Colombia

A group of police establishment deactivated today a cart bomb suspected FARC guerrillas left near the station of the public force in Miranda, population of the southwestern Cauca Department, regional authorities reported.

A robot was used in the tasks of neutralization of explosive charge, he told Efe by telephone the Governor of Cauca, Themistocles Ortega, who emphasized that this activity took them to experts about five hours.

Ortega warned from Popayan, the capital of the Department, that the bomb was composed of about 40 kg of explosives that had been mounted on a cart that suspected rebels left the police station of Miranda.

"Happily stayed calm," said Governor to highlight successful deactivation of the cargo, carried out by experts who moved from Cali, capital of the neighboring region of the Valle del Cauca, was attended with the robot that u000aused in the mission.

The Commander of the police in Cauca, Colonel Ricardo Alarcón, told the press that the establishment carrying the robot had face an attack by alleged thieves who sought, apparently on the road, take possession of the vehicle in which solicited.

In the exchange of fire one of the suspected attackers died and another was injured, said Alarcon.

The Governor of Cauca told Efe that the cart bomb abandoned in eyes is part of the onslaught of the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (FARC) in Cauca, which is one of the most troubled departments of today in the country.

"Is an action typical of the FARC," insisted Ortega.

Rebels continued Wednesday to Friday of last week an escalation of dinamiteros attacks that left at least 19 dead and 76 injured in the Pacific Tumaco port and the towns of Villa Rica, in Cauca, and Cajamarca, u000ain the region of Tolima, all of them in the southwest of the country.

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