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General Oscar Atehortua and Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo.
Duque and Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo publicly supported Atehortua until after his resignation despite the growing crisis.
The outgoing general was appointed by the president in December 2018 after Duque replaced the leadership of the military and the police inherited by former President Juan Manuel Santos.
The president’s promotion of allegedly corrupt officials initially plunged the National Army in crisis and subsequently did the same with the National Police.
Public approval of the security forces sunk to a record low as corruption and abuse of power claims piled up.