哥伦比亚保守派新总统阿贝拉多·德拉·埃斯皮里亚就职仅一天后，位于该国西南部的泛美公路收费站遭到汽车炸弹袭击[1]。这个收费站位于考卡省和山谷省之间[1]。根据军方说法，袭击由两个拒绝接受十年前和平协议的FARC叛军分离组织实施[1]，造成两名安保人员轻伤[1]。
作为应对，新总统当日宣布将117名囚犯转移至8所最高安全监狱[1]。德拉·埃斯皮里亚表示，"他们有两条路：服从法治或对抗安全部队"[1]。运输部长埃尔莎·诺格拉也随后声明，"哥伦比亚不会向暴力低头"[1]。这位新总统是一名48岁的律师和商人，在6月决选中险胜进步派参议员伊万·塞佩达[1]。
A car bomb exploded at a tollbooth on the Pan-American Highway in southwest Colombia, striking a major checkpoint located between Cauca and Valle provinces, just one day after conservative president Abelardo de la Espriella took office on Friday [1]. The blast left two security personnel with minor injuries [1]. The military attributed the attack to two dissident factions of the FARC rebel group that have rejected a peace accord reached a decade earlier [1].
On the same day as the bombing, the newly inaugurated president announced the transfer of 117 prisoners to eight maximum-security facilities [1]. De la Espriella, a 48-year-old lawyer and businessman with no prior political experience who narrowly won a June runoff against progressive senator Ivan Cepeda, declared: "They have two paths: obey the rule of law or confront security forces" [1]. Transportation Minister Elsa Noguera reinforced the administration's stance, stating that "Colombia will not bow down to violence" [1].