2 presidential campaign staffers killed in Colombia weeks before election
Corroborated by 4 sources from 4 publishers
TL;DR
Reports differ across sources; according to aljazeera.com, two presidential campaign staffers killed in Colombia as elections near Colombia’s citizens’ rights office says the violence could hinder the ‘exercise of political rights’ ahead of the May vote to replace Gustavo Petro.
Sources
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CBS News World
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/presidential-campaign-staffers-killed-colombia-election
2
Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/two-presidential-campaign-staffers-killed-in-colombia-as-elections-near?traffic_source=rss
3
Bloomberg Politics
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-16/colombia-presidential-candidate-s-local-campaign-head-is-killed
4
Investing.com News
https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/two-members-of-colombian-rightwing-presidential-candidates-campaign-killed-4694494