SANTANDER DE QUILICHAO, Colombia (AFP) — Two bombing attacks in different parts of Colombia on Saturday marked the first day in office for new President Abelardo de la Espriella, leaving at least one police officer dead and several wounded.

The tough-talking hard-right leader campaigned on confronting "narcoterrorism without truce" and ending peace talks with armed groups following his inauguration Friday in the southwestern city of Cali.

Colombia's army said FARC guerilla dissidents used explosives to destroy a highway tollbooth near Cali in the early hours of Saturday, with two security guards suffering minor injuries.

Rebels under the command of Ivan Morodisco, Colombia's most wanted guerilla commander, operate in the area surrounding the tollbooth, which was under construction on the Pan-American highway in the Santander de Quilichao municipality.

Morodisco leads dissidents who broke away from the historic 2016 peace agreement between the FARC and Colombia's government.

De la Espriella condemned the bombing on social media Saturday, saying "attacking the country's infrastructure is attacking progress" in an X post.

"To those responsible, I send a clear message: there will be no refuge, no leniency and no impunity," he added.