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Colombia Strengthens Security for President Gustavo Petro in the Face of ‘Latent Threats’, Defense Minister Says

Summary by El Universo
Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez Suárez announced this Friday that the government will increase the security measures of President Gustavo Petro in the face of the “pitched threats” against him, at a time of high political tension in the country.

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Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez Suárez announced this Friday that the government will increase the security measures of President Gustavo Petro in the face of the “pitched threats” against him, at a time of high political tension in the country.

Opposition parties held an event in the Temproleta de la Alpujarra in Medellín, in rejection of the act carried out by President Gustavo Petro, in which he shared platform with nine excapos of criminal gangs on 21 June. The event was described as an “act of redress in defense of the institutions” and was marked by messages in favor of the separation of powers and rejection of the legitimization of criminal actors by the State. #Medellín At this…

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Petro, by ceding borders and territories to organized crime, undermines citizen security, justice and the armed forces. He is consolidating a new extension of the “pichota pact” with all sorts of criminals.

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The minister explained that new groups of intelligence, surveillance and reaction operations will be added.

Fetecua reportedly threatened to kill Petro in X when he was a presidential candidate in 2021.

The Minister of Defense, Pedro Snchez Su rez, confirms new intelligence actions and technical deployments to protect the president from a context of high political tension.

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El Universo broke the news in on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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