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Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, Removed by President

HeadlineMar 21, 2014

In other news from Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos has removed the mayor of the capital Bogotá. Gustavo Petro is a former guerrilla leader who played a key role in uncovering ties between politicians and right-wing militias in 2006 while he was a senator. Petro’s removal as mayor was originally ordered in December by Colombia’s inspector general in what his supporters called a right-wing coup.

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