Former mayor, one staffer of presidential candidate Abelardo de La Espriella shot dead in Colombia

A former mayor allied with presidential candidate Abelardo de La Espriella was shot dead in Colombia on Saturday.

Colombia Presidential Candidate’s Local Campaign Head Is Killed

The local campaign manager for Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella and one of his aides were shot and ...

Two members of Colombian right-wing presidential candidate's campaign killed

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, May 16 (Reuters) - Two campaign workers for right-wing Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo De La Espriella in the country's southeast were killed just two weeks ...
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Two presidential campaign staffers killed in Colombia as elections near

Rights office says the violence could hinder ‘exercise of political rights’ ahead of May vote to replace Gustavo Petro.
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Will Colombia's most violent election push nation into civil war? Bloodshed mounts as former mayor, aide killed

India, May 17 -- A wave of pre-election political violence has pushed Colombia to the verge of destabilisation, following the ...