Shooting attack against guards of a senator in Colombia: two dead

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Fears of a return to political violence are escalating ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections

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Associated Press BOGOTÁ (AP) — An attack on the security team of Colombian Senator Jairo Castellanos, in Arauca, in eastern Colombia, left two escorts dead on Thursday, authorities confirmed. The violent event occurred when the congressman's security caravan, which was not in the vehicle, was headed from the department of Norte de Santander to remove him in Yopal, in the neighboring department of Casanare, declared the Minister of the Interior, …

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Several organizations have recently issued warnings regarding the security of candidates in the parliamentary elections in March and in the presidential elections in May. Nearly a third of the country's communes are on "alert" for electoral violence, according to the Election Observation Mission.

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Two escorts of Colombian Senator Jairo Castellanos, of the Green Alliance, have died after an attack...

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A shooting attack on Thursday against the caravan of vehicles of Senator Jairo Castellanos, in which the legislator did not travel, left two bodyguards dead amid warnings of electoral violence in the country, authorities reported.