MOTION GRAPHICS - Drone attack destroys police helicopter in Antioquia, Colombia, 8 dead, 8 injured

ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA - AUG. 22, 2025: Colombia was rocked by two separate attacks Thursday that left at least 13 people dead and dozens injured.In the western city of Cali, a vehicle bomb targeted the Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School. Cali Mayor Alejandro Eder said preliminary reports indicated that at least five people were killed and 36 were injured.Eder announced a ban on large trucks entering the city, citing fears of additional explosions. The incident occurred weeks after three coordinated bomb attacks on June 10 left seven dead and more than 50 injured in the city.The attack in Cali coincided with a separate incident in the northern department of Antioquia, where a police helicopter was downed by an explosive-laden drone. At least eight officers were killed and eight others injured, the government said.The helicopter's mission was to transport personnel for coca crop eradication in the municipality of Amalfi, President Gustavo Petro said on the US social media company X’s platform."We have the unfortunate news of eight police officers dead and eight injured," he wrote.“This is terrorism. What happened in Cali irradiates panic among civilians, and it is the second such event during my government,” Petro said, describing the acts as “crimes against humanity” that could fall under the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction.At a land restitution event in Valledupar, Petro said government investigations had determined that the Clan del Golfo, the EMC faction of FARC dissidents led by Ivan Mordisco, and the Segunda Marquetalia form what he described as “the board of directors of narcotrafficking,” the Spanish news agency EFE reported.(Footage by Ferhan Kanca/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)