Prison bomb
The elder brother of Pablo Escobar, the drug baron shot dead this month, underwent eye surgery on Saturday night after being injured by a letter bomb in his prison cell, Reuter reports from Bogota. Roberto Escobar was rushed to hospital in Medellin after a letter bomb exploded in his cell at the Itagui maximum security prison during visiting hours on Saturday afternoon.
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