Overview
- Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galan said hooded attackers used incendiary devices, explosives and arrows against police guarding the U.S. Embassy, injuring four officers in the face, legs and arms.
- Colombia’s defense ministry released photos from the scene, including an image of an officer with an arrow lodged in his arm.
- President Gustavo Petro said he ordered maximum caution at the embassy and described the assailants as a more radical group within the demonstrations.
- The rally was organized by the leftist coalition Congreso de los Pueblos, whose spokesperson said they were protesting U.S. interference and President Donald Trump’s policies.
- Organizers had held protests across the city earlier in the week without major violence before Friday’s confrontation prompted heightened protection for the mission.