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The 2003 Neiva bombing was a major bomb attack carried out by
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army ( es, link=no, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de ColombiaEjército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian confl ...
(FARC) rebels in the city of
Neiva Neiva () is the capital of the Department of Huila. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River in south central Colombia with a population of about 357,392 inhabitants. It is one of the most important cities in southern Colombia, mainly ...
, Colombia on February 14, 2003. Sixteen people died and a dozen others were injured after the explosion of a car bomb near
Benito Salas Airport Benito Salas Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Benito Salas, ) is an airport that serves the city of Neiva, the capital of the Huila Department in Colombia. It was named after Benito Salas Vargas, a military and social leader during Colombia's (then know ...
. Police claimed FARC tried to blow up a plane carrying President
Álvaro Uribe Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born 4 July 1952) is a Colombian politician who served as the 31st President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010. Uribe started his political career in his home department of Antioquia. He held offices in th ...
who was flying overhead. Nine police officers were among those who died. The explosive charge of the blast was 330-440 pounds. Police discovered the plot and raided the house. Because of this the terrorists decided to detonate the bomb at that moment instead, thus missing the President in the plane. The powerful blast managed to destroy five nearby houses and damaged 30 more. On the same day, two
CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
operatives were captured by the guerillas in Colombia, whilst two others were thought to have been assassinated.


See also

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2003 El Nogal Club bombing The 2003 El Nogal Club bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred in Bogotá, Colombia. On 7 February 2003, a car containing 200 kg of explosives that was parked in a garage on the third floor of the multi-story ''El Nogal'' club, an eli ...
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2003 Zona Rosa attacks On November 15, 2003, in a terrorist attack, grenades were thrown in two bars in the wealthy Zona Rosa neighborhood of Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as S ...


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