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As Duque visits Washington DC, US government personnel can no longer travel freely throughout Colombia for security reasons.  

US Department of State: Reconsider travel to Colombia due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Colombia due to crime, terrorism and kidnapping. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. 

Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez said that “we have absolute certainty” that the man arrested is responsible for the attack.

The eight suspects now in custody will be prosecuted for terrorism, homicide, kidnapping, theft, and conspiracy, said the attorney general.

The blast is believed to have detonated within a women's bathroom within the Andino mall. Among the injured, one woman is in serious condition but “not at risk of death."

"Looking at the kinds of disasters in Colombia, I think systems like ours make a lot of sense," says Anand Anupam of Unified Messaging Systems.

Not counting the rest of Colombia, Bogotá and Medellín alone face a total of $43.97 billion USD of risk over the next decade, according to analysis by Lloyd’s of London. Human created risks, such as terrorism, cyber attacks, or market collapse make up 45% of the measured risk....