Armed groups press for votes for Jorge 40's son - Other Cities - Colombia

The legal adviser of the government of Magdalena, José Humberto Torres, denounced that in that department there are armed groups that are pressuring the population with threats to vote for Jorge Rodrigo Tovar son of former paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias ‘George 40’.

Everything indicates that the heirs of parapolitics will also return to Congress

The official, from his Twitter account, called on the electoral bodies and authorities to put a magnifying glass on the electoral issue that, in this part of the country, tries to be clouded again by violence.

“In Magdalena, the GAO heirs of paramilitarism are forcing voters to vote for alias Yoyo, son of paramilitary chief Jorge 40. Everything indicates that the heirs of parapolitics will also return to Congress,” Torres said.

The legal adviser also pointed out that, despite being deprived of liberty, paramilitary chief ‘Jorge 40’ will return to Congress of the republic, again in a foreign body.

Despite being deprived of liberty, paramilitary chief Jorge 40 will return to the Congress of the Republic, again in a foreign body, this time representing his son “Alias ​​Yoyo” and the heirs of parapolitics in Magdalena. @moecolombia @Movicecol @coeurope @IvanDuque

– Jose Humberto Torres (@JoseHTorres) February 24, 2022

“This time he will be represented by his son, alias Yoyo, and by the heirs of parapolitics in Magdalena,” added the official.

Jorge Rodrigo Tovar intends to occupy one of the peace seats in the Chamber, which were designed for those who are in that condition, although it is debated whether or not he is precisely a victim of violence.

The governor of Magdalena, Carlos Caicedo, in an electoral security council, he asked the security agencies to investigate these complaints and provide protection to those candidates who present some risk condition due to their political aspirations.

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The national protest was in response to the most recent murder, that of journalist Lourdes Maldonado, shot next to her home in the city of Tijuana. She was under the Protection Program for Journalists in Baja California after a legal problem she had with former Governor Jaime Bonilla, of the ruling National Regeneration Movement.

She had attended the usual morning press conference of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in March 2019 for fear she could be killed.

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The demonstration in Mexico City was one of the largest, with hundreds of journalists protesting in unison in an unprecedented call in Mexico, and they did so in front of the building of the Interior Ministry.

According to data from Article 19, since the year 2000, 143 journalists have been murdered in the country, 28 of them during Lopez Obrador’s presidency.

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