Overview
- President Gustavo Petro says investigators identified the defused aviation bomb found on Colombian soil near the Ecuador border as Ecuadorian army ordnance, with the probe still underway.
- Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa and the Defense Ministry deny any cross‑border strike, asserting recent attacks target narcoterrorist camps located inside Ecuador.
- Colombian explosive ordnance teams neutralized the device and authorities deployed troops to the border area as part of the response.
- Petro reports 27 charred bodies in the border zone linked to recent attacks, a claim reported by multiple outlets and not independently verified in the coverage.
- The confrontation unfolds during a tariff dispute and expanded U.S.–Ecuador security cooperation, including a new FBI office and joint operations in Ecuador’s border provinces.