Over the past three decades, the Colombian town of Toribío has suffered more than 600 attacks by Marxist insurgents, earning it the nickname "Toribistan" as a comparison with war-torn Afghanistan. More recently, guerrillas of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, known as th FARC, were supposedly disappearing, giving hope to places like Toribío. But on Saturday, July 9, the hapless burg was once again targeted as the FARC detonated a bus bomb that destroyed Toribío's police station. It was one of six simultaneous attacks in southern Cauca department that killed eight people, injured 100, and damaged or destroyed more than 300 homes. "This," said Cauca governor Guillermo González, "was monstrous."
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