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Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:36 PM Tuesday

Venezuelan activist and political consultant wounded in targeted shooting, Colombian police say

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Venezuelan human rights activist and a political consultant living in Colombia’s capital for the past year were wounded by gunshots in an apparently targeted attack, Colombian authorities said Monday.

Colombian police said in a statement that just past noon, Yendri Omar Velásquez Rodríguez and Luis Alejandro Peche Arteaga exited a building on Bogota’s north side and were shot by two unidentified people.

Both men were reported to be in stable condition at a hospital, police said.

Colombia President Gustavo Petro said on X that government security forces would expand their protection of human rights activists. “All Venezuelan citizens who seek asylum in Colombia, independent of their ideas, are welcome,” he wrote.

https://apnews.com/article/colombia-venezuela-shooting-activist-maduro-fdd82c0a54ec4f2d146274c6f0a74691

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