曼努埃尔·鲁埃达 波哥大，哥伦比亚 —— 官员称，周二在哥伦比亚城市库库塔，一枚炸弹在跨越哥伦比亚与委内瑞拉边境的一座桥梁附近爆炸，造成至少四名警察受伤。
MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia — A bomb exploded Tuesday near a bridge that crosses Colombia’s border with Venezuela, injuring at least four police officers in the Colombian city of Cucuta, officials said.
北桑坦德省省长威廉·比亚米萨尔在X平台上表示，警方正在调查谁应对袭击负责。
Norte de Santander provincial Gov. William Villamizar said on X that police were investigating who was responsible for the attack.
爆炸发生在哥伦比亚税务征收机构当地分支机构前，靠近弗朗西斯科·德·保拉·德·桑坦德国际大桥。事发后的画面显示，一辆卡车和数辆摩托车在爆炸中受损。
The explosion was set off in front of the local branch of Colombia’s tax collection agency near the Francisco de Paula de Santander International bridge. Footage of the aftermath showed a truck and several motorcycles that were damaged by the blast.
此次袭击发生之际，哥伦比亚保守派政府正在改变国家安全战略，并对帮派和叛乱团体采取更具对抗性的做法。
The attack comes as Colombia’s conservative government changes the nation’s security strategy and takes a more confrontational approach towards gangs and rebel groups.
总统阿贝拉多·德拉埃斯皮耶拉于8月宣誓就职后，取消了与该国剩余叛乱团体的和平谈判，指控过去四年谈判收效甚微，武装团体利用与政府的停火协议巩固了对农村地区的控制。
After being sworn into office in August, President Abelardo de la Espriella cancelled peace talks with the nation’s remaining rebel groups, alleging that negotiations had yielded few results over the past four years, with armed groups using ceasefires with the government to strengthen their grip over rural areas.
绰号“老虎”的德拉埃斯皮耶拉还重新建立了旨在保护输油管道的联合特遣队，并承诺通过向古柯田喷洒除草剂来打击可卡因贸易，这一做法因健康担忧于2015年被暂停。
De la Espriella, who goes by the nickname of “the Tiger,” has also re-established joint task forces aimed at protecting oil pipelines, and promised to tackle the cocaine trade by spraying coca fields with herbicides, a practice that was suspended in 2015 over health concerns.
周二清晨，德拉埃斯皮耶拉在麦德林督导了一次打击帮派的行动，政府称在行动中抓获了135名涉嫌贩毒和经营人口贩运集团的嫌疑人。德拉埃斯皮耶拉办公室周二分享的一段视频显示，总统训斥了部分被警方抓获的嫌疑人。
Early on Tuesday morning, De La Espriella supervised an operation against gangs in Medellin, in which the government said it captured 135 people suspected of trafficking drugs and running human trafficking rings. In a video shared by De La Espriella’s office Tuesday, the president scolds some of the suspects captured by police.
“派对结束了，”他对一名嫌疑人说。“你会看到老虎咬人有多狠。”批评者指责德拉埃斯普里耶拉利用执法行动进行宣传，并对哥伦比亚武装部队仅靠武力解除叛乱分子武装的能力表示怀疑——最终不得不重返谈判桌。
“The party is over,” he tells a suspect. “You will see how hard the Tiger bites.”Critics have accused De la Espriella of using law enforcement operations for propaganda purposes, and have expressed doubts about the capacity of Colombia’s armed forces to disarm rebel groups solely through the use of force -- without eventually returning to negotiations.
在靠近委内瑞拉边境的库库塔，当局正在调查一名前副市长遇害案，该前副市长于周一晚间回家途中遭暗杀。9月，该边境城市的一座警察局遭袭，造成一名平民死亡、11人受伤。
In Cucuta, next to the border with Venezuela, authorities are investigating the murder of a former deputy mayor, who was assassinated on Monday night while on his way home. In September, an attack on another police station in the border city killed a civilian and injured eleven people.