The alleged plot comes after a senator escaped a kidnapping attempt in the run-up to elections
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has claimed he has survived an assassination attempt following months of warnings about an alleged plot by drug traffickers to target him.
The South American nation has been scarred by decades of conflict involving guerrillas and other armed groups. The alleged attempt on his life also comes ahead of congressional elections on March 8 and presidential elections scheduled for May.
During a live-streamed cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Petro said that hours earlier he was in his helicopter with his daughters and was unable…
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