"Pedro Sanchez Suarez, Minister of Defense of Colombia, reported that the explosive device located on the border with Ecuador was destroyed by a team of experts, and stated that the bomb could belong to the armed forces of the neighboring country. "According to the first investigations, we have been able to conclude that [the explosive] would belong to the Armed Forces, military forces of our brother country Ecuador," said the minister at a press conference on Wednesday. He also stated that the explosive "is no longer a threat to the population", as the bomb was destroyed yesterday by elements of the Colombian Aerospace Force (CAF). For his part, Carlos Fernando Silva, General of the CAF, explained that one of the hypotheses regarding the finding points to a physical phenomenon known as "bounce" or "ricochet," which usually occurs when an explosive fails to detonate at the moment. "It is probable that the impact in Ecuadorian territory, when it does not explode, continues its trajectory by pure physics and went metres into Colombian territory," he said, emphasising that it is a possible theory. According to General Silva, the explosive weighed 250 kilos and measured between 1.20 and 1.50 metres in length, ruling out possible manipulation or transport by local people. At the time, Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused Ecuador of allegedly bombing the country, claiming the explosive was launched from an airplane near the border. He also ruled out that the incident was caused by any armed group. The accusation comes amid rising tensions between Bogota and Quito, fueled by an ongoing trade dispute and security concerns at the border."