According to preliminary information released by W Radio, the device was detonated on the road as the police motorcycle passed by, killing Sub-Lieutenants Jorge Leandro Gomez Ochoa, 36, and Rober Stiven Melo Londoño, 33.
The officers were taken to medical centers after the attack but did not survive, the news outlet reported.
The report added that authorities are conducting the necessary investigations to determine who is responsible for the incident, which occurred in the early hours of this morning near the María Isabel Urrutia Coliseum, in the southern part of the capital of Valle del Cauca.
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