Police escort two arrested suspects in the detonation of a car bomb at an Air Force base to police headquarters in Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Police officers carry the coffin of Capt. Francisco Merchan, a police pilot killed when his helicopter was shot down by dissident a faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, after his funeral service in his hometown of Mongua, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A car's windshield is shattered the day after a car bomb explosion outside an Air Force base in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
People hold candles outside the Air Force base in Cali, Colombia, during a vigil to honor the victims of a car bomb that exploded there three days earlier, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Police Maj. Adriana Pinzon kisses the coffin of her husband, Capt. Francisco Merchan, a police pilot killed when his helicopter was shot down by a dissident faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, as his father, Bernardo Merchan, and other relatives stand nearby during his burial in Mongua, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A military school band plays to honor people killed a day earlier by a car bomb explosion outside an Air Force base in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Maria Isabel Ortiz mourns during the funeral of her son, Michael Astaiza, a police officer killed when a police helicopter was shot down by a dissident faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, in Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
A firefighter works in a building damaged a day earlier by a car bomb explosion outside an Air Force base in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
A police officer hold a portrait of Michael Astaiza, killed when a police helicopter was shot down by a dissident faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, during his funeral in Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Police Capt. Andrés Castro cries during the funeral of his colleague Capt. Francisco Merchan, a police pilot killed when his helicopter was shot down by a dissident faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, at the cemetery in Mongua, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A member of the Air Force holds a candle outside an air base in Cali, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, during a vigil to honor the victims of a car bomb that exploded there three days earlier. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
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11:02 PM on Monday, August 25
By The Associated Press
Mourners attended the funeral of Capt. Francisco Merchan, a police pilot killed when his helicopter was shot down by a dissident faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, in his hometown of Mongua, Colombia. And in Cali, a car bomb exploded outside of an air force base. Firefighters worked the scene and mourners attended a vigil for the victims.
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