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Governor flees Colombia citing paramilitary kill plot
by Adriaan Alsema August 26, 2021
The governor of one of Colombia’s Caribbean provinces fled to the United States after allegedly discovering that a paramilitary group was planning to assassinate the politician.
Governor Carlos Caicedo of the Santa Marta province traveled to Washington DC to seek protection measures from the human rights commission of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Newspaper El Espectador reported on Wednesday that Caicedo sought the protection of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) after the security forces confirmed that paramilitary group AGC was planning to kill the governor.
A “highly reliable source” from outside the security forces initially warned Caicedo about the paramilitaries’ assassination plot on August 14, according to the newspaper.
A day before, the governor denounced the alleged role of the clan of the Cotes family, which has long controlled Magdalena, was involved in a corruption scandal that also implicates ICT Minister Karen Abudinen.
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Clans like that of the Cotes family have additionally been tied to far-right violence, corruption and other forms of organized crime.
More:
https://c.com/governor-flees-colombia-citing-paramilitary-kill-plot/