Overview
- In a live cabinet meeting, Petro said security feared his helicopter would be shot at in Córdoba, leading to hours in the air and an unplanned landing.
- He said he will move to a new residence within two days to reduce the risk to his life.
- Petro said he dismissed a police general whom he accused of trying to place psychoactive substances in his car, an allegation not independently verified.
- Indigenous Senator Aida Quilcué was reported intercepted in Cauca and was later confirmed alive by the local mayor.
- Colombian intelligence blames the Segunda Marquetalia for last year’s killing of candidate Miguel Uribe, underscoring a security landscape shaped by drug-financed armed groups and record coca cultivation under a voluntary eradication push.