Bodyguard Killed in Attack on Former Jamundí Mayor Andrés Felipe Ramírez

A bodyguard was killed in an armed attack targeting former Jamundí mayor Andrés Felipe Ramírez in Colombia on Friday evening. The municipal government identified the victim as Felipe López, a member of the National Protection Unit detail assigned to protect Ramírez in the Valle del Cauca municipality. Legislator Duvalier Sánchez announced the attack and subsequently confirmed the protection officer’s death. Ramírez later issued his own public statement acknowledging López’s death, while the municipal government condemned the attack and expressed condolences.