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A deadly dispute has erupted between the leaders of Colombia and Ecuador after bombing attacks along their shared border resulted in 27 charred remains being discovered, according to Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s announcement Tuesday.<\/p>

The Colombian leader took to social media platform X to clarify his country’s role in the attacks, stating “I didn’t give that order,” and emphasizing that Colombian security forces were not responsible for conducting the bombings.<\/p>

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa fired back at his Colombian counterpart earlier Tuesday, writing on X: “President Petro, your declarations are false, we are acting in our territory, not yours.” This response came after Petro had suggested Monday evening that Ecuador had conducted bombing operations within Colombian borders.<\/p>

According to Noboa, the targeted sites were being used as safe houses by organizations connected to narco-terrorism, with the majority of those involved being Colombian nationals. “We will continue to clean up and rebuild Ecuador,” the Ecuadorean president declared.<\/p>

Ecuador’s government initiated nationwide operations against criminal organizations beginning Sunday evening, though officials have not provided updates on military activities specifically at the border region.<\/p>

The South American nation has indicated that its counter-narcotics efforts are receiving assistance from partner nations, including the United States.<\/p>

Ecuadorean government officials have not yet responded to requests for information about the discovered remains.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colombian President Gustavo Petro reported that 27 charred bodies were discovered following bombing attacks near the Ecuador border. The two South American leaders are now publicly disputing which country was responsible for the deadly strikes against drug trafficking operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773764550598.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-9YP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38373,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/ecuador-denies-cross-border-bombing-claims-amid-rising-colombia-tensions\/","url_meta":{"origin":38367,"position":0},"title":"Ecuador Denies Cross-Border Bombing Claims Amid Rising Colombia Tensions","author":"Admin","date":"March 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Ecuador's president has dismissed accusations from Colombia that his military is conducting bombing operations across their shared border. 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