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Colombia Security Debate Moves to Bogotá as Congressman Seeks Military Deployment

A proposal to deploy Colombia’s armed forces in three of Bogotá’s most populous localities has opened a new debate over the role of soldiers in urban security, days after President Abelardo De La Espriella ordered a military deployment in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta following a wave of violence attributed to a criminal organization. […]

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The government of Abelardo de la Espriella celebrates the fall of a second ACSN leader in Santa Marta, but conflicting versions of the operation revive the fear of false positives in Colombia.

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Bogotá, 30 Sep (EFE).- Colombian congressman José Jaime Uscátegui asked the president, Abelardo de la Espriella, to militarize three localities of Bogotá that concentrated 528 homicides in 2024, 43.8 % of the total murders recorded that year in the capital of the country. In a letter sent to the president, the representative to the Chamber requested [...] The entry A Colombian congressman asks De la Espriella to militarize three zones of Bogotá …

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Hola News broke the news on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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