14 candidates killed: Colombia steps up security ahead of local elections
Source: Colombia Reports
14 candidates killed: Colombia steps up security ahead of local elections
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Oct 13, 2015
Colombia’s Interior Minister on Monday called to step up security in the Caribbean region after a bomb attack on the office of an aspiring governor in the city of Santa Marta.
The attack on the office was the 130th violent attack on a candidate taking part in the October 25 local elections in which Colombians will elect their governors, mayors, and deputy and council members.
According to local media, unknown assailants threw the bomb at the office of Joaquin Jose Vives (Liberal Party), who is running to become the governor in the Caribbean Atlantico province. The attack is the 16th of its kind in Colombia this year, said electoral observers.
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In total, 14 candidates were assassinated, 54 received death threats, 16 survived attacks, one candidate disappeared and four candidates were kidnapped.
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