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Alvaro Cordoba, the brother of a powerful senator back in Cordoba, has pleaded guilty on Tuesday, admitting to federal narcotics charges as he tried to help smuggle drugs to New York.
Facing a widening political scandal into illegal campaign financing, Colombia's Gustavo Petro called for a "national accord" to secure peace with ELN.
In an interview with ‘Semana’ magazine, the president’s son claims that neither Gustavo Petro nor his campaign manager, Ricardo Roa, were aware that he received money from ex-narco Santander Lopesierra and Gabriel Hilsaca.
In the run-up to regional elections in Colombia, the lack of public forces to combat crime was highlighted.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants his country to have more professional armed forces and thus bring the compulsory military service to an end, it was reported Wednesday in Bogota. The head of state also insisted on further funding the activity. In September last year, then Interior Minister Alfonso Prada had spoken about the government's plan to replace mandatory military service with a voluntary one. In the last five years, 460,113 young people between 18 and 24 years of age served compulsorily in the Armed Forces.