One hundred pounds of explosives suspected of belonging to the FARC were found by security forces in southwest Colombia, reported newspaper El Espectador Tuesday.
An army unit patrolling the rural area of Ipiales in the southwest Nariño department found four cylinders filled with 100 pounds of ANFO explosive, 380 feet of detonating cord, and 328 feet of duplex cable on a bridge that connects two small villages in the area. Information provided by community members enabled the army locate the explosives which are believed to belong to the FARC’s 48th Front, a group known to operate in the area.
The ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) bomb is more commonly known as a fertilizer bomb and is widely used for quarrying and mining as well as improvised explosive devices.
