Colombians Mourn Slain Candidate
Thousands of people lined the streets Saturday to mourn a presidential candidate allegedly slain by drug traffickers. Opposition parties suspended their campaigns and demanded postponement of the May election.
Bernardo Jaramillo was shot point-blank Thursday at Bogota’s airport.
“The right to life has disappeared completely,” the Conservative Party candidate, Rodrigo Lloreda, told reporters.
His party joined Jaramillo’s Patriotic Union and others in suspending their campaigns. They demanded that the May 27 presidential vote be postponed.
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