Incident Summary:

07/20/1999: A medium-powered bomb exploded at an office building of a tobacco company in Carmen de Bolivar, Colombia. Former Colombian Senator, Juan Jose Garcia, owned the company. There were no casualties in this incident, but the facility was damaged. The perpetrators of this attack were unknown.

GTD ID:
199907200003

When:
1999-07-20

Country:
Colombia

Region:
South America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Bolivar

City:
Carmen de Bolivar

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Domestic Business
Specific Description Tobacco Company owned by Senator Juan Jose Garcia in Carmen de Bolivar, Colombia
Nationality of Target Colombia
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Unknown Explosive Type
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Additional Information After the explosion, police found another bomb at the facility that had failed to explode.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Bomb Goes Off in Former Senator's Tobacco Firm in Bolivar,” NOTIMEX, July 20, 1999.