The mayor of the Colombian city of Tumacoin the southwest of the country, Felix Henaowas the victim of an attack from which he emerged unharmed while traveling on a road and the vehicle he was in was shot six times, just a week after taking office.
The attack occurred on Saturday night in the Junín-Barbacoas highwayin the department of Nariñobordering Ecuador.
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The governor of Nariño, Luis Alfonso Escobarrejected the attack and asked the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro“through the National Protection Unit improve the security of the mayor and activate special protection mechanism” in the department.
For his part, the UN special representative for Peace Verification in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieualso rejected the attack on Hainaut and called “entities to guarantee the protection of the new leaders”.
At the moment, further details of the attack are unknown, and no armed group has claimed responsibility. Tumaco It is a turbulent city in the Pacific region with an intense presence of armed and criminal groups due to its strategic position for transportation routes. drug trafficking.
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The new Colombian mayors and governors, elected last October, took office this January 1.
The attack against the mayor occurred the same day he was kidnapped by unknown persons Jefferson Elias Murillodelegate of the National Registry (electoral authority) in the department of crashedalso on the Pacific coast.
