Colombia on Friday promised to counter the threat from "desperate" armed groups after twin guerrilla attacks killed 19 people and deepened the country's worst security crisis in decades. Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez huddled with top security officials in the tropical city of Cali,

The death toll from the truck bomb attack near an air base in the southwestern Colombian city of Cali rose to seven on Friday, authorities confirmed,

A car bomb and a separate attack on a police helicopter in Colombia killed at least 17 people on Thursday, according to authorities.