AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND NEARLY 30 WOUNDED IN EXPLOSION...

World | August 8, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

At least 13 people have been killed and nearly 30 wounded in explosions in the Colombian capital Bogota, minutes before Alvaro Uribe was sworn in as the country's president. Several of the explosions took place in poor Cartucho district a few streets away from the national parliament where Mr Uribe was receiving his presidential sash. Mr Uribe, a 50-year-old lawyer, won a landslide election victory in May after promising a crackdown but has since warned people not to "expect miracles". In the past six months there have been three attempts on his life, including one which destroyed cars in his motorcade. Mr Uribe's father was gunned down by FARC rebels on the family ranch in Antioquia in 1983.
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