Colombian police have arrested two suspected members of the Frente Iván Díaz, a dissident faction of the former FARC guerrillas, over a motorcycle bomb that killed two officers in Algeciras, The Rio Times reports. The blast struck a busy nightlife area of the town in Huila department on 31 October as people celebrated Halloween.
Patrol officers Julián Esmith Castaño López and Jaime Andrés García Moreno died, the second in hospital in Neiva. President Abelardo De la Espriella confirmed the arrests on Saturday, and national police director Gen Alejandro Barrera said intelligence officers, investigators and the GAULA anti-kidnapping unit had taken part. Police describe one suspect as an explosives expert who helped prepare the motorcycle. Both remain suspects until any responsibility is established in court.
Source: The Rio Times