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Defense Minister, 69, Dies From COVID-19

COLOMBIA

Outlets and government accounts confirming that Colombian Minister of Defense Carlos Holmes Trujillo, 69, has died following his hospitalisation last week with COVID-19.

  • Trujillo came from a powerful political family and held several ministerial briefs under three separate Colombian presidents as well as serving as mayor of Colombia's third most populous city, Cali. Trujillo also served as Colombia's Ambassador to the European Union.
  • Trujillo had been tipped by some observers as a potential candidate for the Colombian presidency for his conservative Democratic Center party in the 2022 presidential election.

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