Pinkerton Insights Podcast

In Colombia, a terrorist attack was reported last week at Francisco Paula de Santander Police Academy located in southern Bogota. The suicide bomber evaded the security officers on the entrance, crashed into one of the academy’s buildings and detonated a device as a group of students, and the entrance guards were approaching. The explosive device was composed of 80 kg of pentolite and killed at least ten cadets, injured another 65 police officers, and damaged the windows from buildings and homes outside the complex. The pentolite is also known as buster and is commonly used to clear terrain as well as in mining works; it is comprised of nearly 40% TNT. The police academy hosted a General Brigadier graduation ceremony minutes before the attack took place. Pinkerton expects the situation to worsen as special anti-terrorist operations and governmental retaliation measures are expected to take place. This situation could also affect the government’s resolution to continue the peace talks with the Ejercito de Libe