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Tensions between Ecuador and Colombia have reached new heights after President Petro asserted that a bomb from Ecuador killed 27 Colombians amid ongoing joint military operations with the US Andres Arauz goes in depth on this week's From D.C. Across the Americas FULL: https://tinyurl.com/2dbxh355
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