Explosive devices like the one pictured on the ground in Colombia's Narino department near the border with Ecuador have fuelled a clash between the leaders of the two countries as they seek to crack down on criminal groups

Explosive devices like the one pictured on the ground in Colombia's Narino department near the border with Ecuador have fuelled a clash between the leaders of the two countries as they seek to crack down on criminal groups

 WILMAR GARZON MELENDES

The leaders of Colombia and Ecuador sparred Tuesday over allegations that the Ecuadoran bombing of suspected criminal hideouts near their shared border had spilled into Colombian territory.

Months of tension between Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro and his right-wing Ecuadoran counterpart, Daniel Noboa, an ally of US President Donald Trump, spiked Monday when Petro alleged that explosives were dropped from a plane near the border.

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