Coverage dated September 12, 2024

Colombian nationals sentenced for car bomb plot to kill US troops

Headline from News Nation Now

The plotters attempted to kill U.S. soldiers by exploding a car bomb next to a military base on the Colombia-Venezuela border.

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  1. News Nation Now

    Colombian nationals sentenced for car bomb plot to kill US troops (opens News Nation Now)

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    The plotters attempted to kill U.S. soldiers by exploding a car bomb next to a military base on the Colombia-Venezuela border.

  2. Military Times

    Colombian men sentenced for 2021 car bombing targeting US soldiers (opens Military Times)

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    Three U.S. Army soldiers and dozens of Colombian military personnel were injured in the 2021 blast, the Justice Department said.

  3. Military.com

    Two Colombians Get 35 and 30 Years After Pleading Guilty to Plot to Murder US Soldiers (opens Military.com)

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    Two Colombians on Thursday were sentenced in Miami federal court to 35 and 30 years in prison for conspiring to murder U.S. soldiers in a car-bombing attack at a military base near the Colombia- Venezuela border.

  4. Fox News

    Colombian nationals sentenced to prison for plot to murder American soldiers (opens Fox News)

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    Two Colombian nationals were sentenced to prison for conspiring and attempting to murder U.S. soldiers by detonating a car bomb outside a military base in 2021.

  5. Latin Times

    Colombian car bombers who tried to murder 47 people, including 3 U.S. soldiers, sentenced in Florida (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    Andres Fernando Medina Rodriguez, 40, and Ciro Alfonso Gutierrez Ballesteros, 31, were sentenced to 35 and 30 years in prison, respectively

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