Colombian defence minister dies of Covid-19 complications
He was 69. Mr Trujillo is one of about a dozen sitting cabinet ministers worldwide to have succumbed to the virus that has killed at least 2.1 million people since the outbreak began in China in December 2019. He was hospitalised in Bogota on January 11 and admitted to intensive care four days later after suffering "acute lung function deterioration," according to the defence ministry. Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Twitter that Mr Trujillo had died at dawn from complications due to Cov...
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