Overview
- The security convoy for Sen. Jairo Castellanos was attacked near Fortul on the Fortul–Tame road, leaving a pickup riddled with roughly 50 bullet holes.
- Castellanos was not in the targeted vehicle and was in Yopal, as the convoy had been traveling from Norte de Santander to meet him.
- A second vehicle in the security detail disappeared during the assault, and authorities say four members of his team remain unaccounted for.
- President Gustavo Petro directed security agencies to find the missing vehicle and capture those responsible, as the Defense Ministry offered 200 million pesos for tips.
- No group has claimed responsibility in the ELN-influenced border region, and the attack occurred during Castellanos’s reelection campaign following other recent assaults on politicians.