Bogota, Colombia – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that 27 charred bodies were discovered on his country’s joint border with Ecuador, just one day after suggesting the Ecuadorean military may have bombed Colombian territory. The dispute began during a cabinet meeting on Monday night, where Petro speculated about the origins of a bomb which he said was “dropped from an aeroplane” near Colombia’s southern border with Ecuador. “We’re going to thoroughly investigate the circumstances – it happened very close to the border with Ecuador – which somewhat confirms my suspicion, but we need to investigate thoroughly: they’re bombing us from Ecuador, and it’s not the armed groups,” said the president. ” But the alleged bombing comes just weeks after the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced it had launched joint operations with the Ecuadorean military to combat drug trafficking in the South American nation. In February, Noboa imposed a 30 percent tariff on Colombia, which he described as a “security fee”. Dickinson explained that Noboa hopes to pressure Petro into adopting a more militaristic stance against armed groups along their shared border.