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Colombia's presidential election on 31 May. Petro, himself a former guerrilla fighter, has been pursuing a controversial
Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday. That is no insignificant margin, given that De la Espriella’s lead over Cepeda amounted to little more than 670,000 votes – 43.7% against 40.9%. Although polls had shown
presidential election in October. Espriella is an outspoken admirer of several rightwing leaders in the region, including the US president, Donald Trump, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Argentina’s Javier Milei. A criminal lawyer
Colombia has a history of armed groups – which finance their operations through drug trafficking, illegal mining and extortion – attempting to influence elections through violence. Farc remnants who rejected a 2016 peace deal with the government
Colombia’s third-largest city, injured two people and set off a string of attacks in the Valle del Cauca and Cauca departments. According to Lopez, 26 attacks have been recorded in the two departments
controversial social media post [has withdrawn from the case](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/prosecutor-leaves-james-comey-case-doj), according to a court filing. The justice department filed notice with the court on Friday evening that Matthew Petracca, a prosecutor from
election period, there has been a surge in guerrilla attacks, [homicides](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/drones-war-colombia-civilians-farc-acled), kidnappings, [forced displacement](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/09/clashes-colombia-venezuela-border-after-maduro-capture) and massacres; and last year, the rightwing senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay