Colombia Blast Kills 1, Injures 83 : Drug Barons Held Responsible for Attack on Paper
September 03, 1989|KENNETH FREED | Times Staff Writer

BOGOTA, Colombia — In a major escalation of the already bloody war between the Colombian government and narcotics traffickers, presumed drug barons attacked one of the nation’s most important newspapers, setting off a powerful truck bomb that killed at least one person and wounded at least 83 more. The 6:40 a.m. blast, estimated by police to have been caused by about 220 pounds of dynamite, blew out all of the windows and damaged the presses and electronic editing system of El Espectador, Colombia’s oldest daily newspaper.