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Ataque a tiros contra custodios de un senador en Colombia: dos muertos

Dos escoltas del senador colombiano Jairo Castellanos, del partido de centro-izquierda Alianza Social Independiente (ASI), murieron en un atentado cometido este jueves. La camioneta en la viajaban fue atacada a tiros a pocos kilómetros del perímetro urbano de Fortul, departamento de Arauca, en la frontera con Venezuela. Al momento de la agresión, , el senador no estaba en el vehículo.
El ministro del Interior, Armando Benedetti, se comunicó con el senador y dijo que «él está bien, pero profundamente conmovido, llorando por la muerte de sus escoltas y los atentados que se hicieron contra la camioneta y parte de su escolta».
En Arauca (este), donde ocurrió el atentado, tiene una fuerte presencia la guerrilla del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), pero las autoridades no se han pronunciado aún sobre los autores del ataque.
La camioneta, que presentaba cerca de 50 orificios de bala tanto de armas cortas como largas, acabó con los vidrios destrozados, llantas perforadas y daños visibles en la carrocería y la estructura, quedando desviado a un costado de la carretera.
Benedetti informó además que otra camioneta del esquema de seguridad de Castellanos, quien está haciendo campaña para volver a ser elegido senador, desapareció durante el ataque. Tampoco se conocen los paraderos de sus cuatro integranets, entre ellos un asistente del senador, un ingeniero y el conductor.
Las autoridades desarrollan operativos en la zona para esclarecer lo ocurrido, y establecer quiénes estarían detrás del atentado. Hasta el momento no se emitió un pronunciamiento oficial con detalles completos sobre el hecho.
El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, se comunicó con Castellanos para expresarle su «solidaridad por el atentado del cual fue víctima su esquema de seguridad y donde fallecieron dos de sus escoltas quienes se transportaban entre Fortul y Tame en Arauca».
El mandatario colombiano añadió: «He ordenado al Ministro de Defensa y las autoridades adelantar las investigaciones pertinentes para dar con el paradero de otro de los vehículos donde también se transportaba 4 integrantes de su equipo de trabajo quienes se transportaban en Volkswagen Amarok de platón blanca de placas THZ-973 y dar captura a los responsables de este hecho».
Además, le garantizó al senador «todo el apoyo en materia de seguridad para proteger la vida del congresista y su equipo de trabajo».
Por otro lado, el Ministerio de Defensa de Colombia ofreció 200 millones de pesos (unos 55 mil dólares) por información que permita identificar y capturar a los responsables del ataque armado.
Más de 300 municipios en Colombia, casi un tercio del territorio nacional, están bajo riesgo de violencia electoral para los comicios de 2026 en medio del recrudecimiento del conflicto armado, así lo informó la Misión de Observación Electoral (MOE). El país elegirá este año nuevos congresistas y al sucesor del presidente Gustavo Petro, en unos comicios marcados por la presión violenta de los grupos armados ilegales principalmente en zonas rurales.
Un informe de esta organización civil asegura que 126 municipios se encuentran bajo «riesgo extremo» de violencia electoral, mientras otros 49 tienen alertas de posible fraude para los comicios legislativos del 8 de marzo.
El informe hace énfasis en las amenazas contra “las curules de paz” del Congreso. Se trata de las 16 bancas especiales en la Cámara de Diputados -conocida allí como Cámara de Representantes- que se inventaron con el Acuerdo de Paz de 2016 para que la gente de las zonas más castigadas por la guerra —donde el Estado no llegaba — tenga voz propia en el Congreso.
De los 126 municipios que elegirán a estos representantes especiales, 75 se encuentran bajo «alerta máxima».
Es un incremento «exponencial» de la violencia en comparación con las elecciones de 2022 que podría llegar «a los mismos niveles que tenían previos a la firma de paz .
La mayoría de estos territorios están bajo el control de guerrillas y otros grupos narco como el principal cartel de Colombia, el Clan del Golfo.
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NATO scrambles jets as Russia fires nearly 400 drones toward Ukraine, signaling new spring offensive

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Russia launched nearly 400 drones and dozens of missiles across Ukraine overnight Monday, triggering NATO to scramble fighter jets in neighboring countries, according to reports.
The massive aerial assault killed at least four people and injured more than two dozen, with strikes hitting multiple regions including Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, The Associated Press reported, citing Ukrainian officials.
Poland and Romania both scrambled fighter jets as Russian strikes approached NATO airspace, East2West reported, with Warsaw placing air defenses on the «highest state of readiness,» Poland’s operational command said.
«Due to the activity of long-range Russian air forces conducting strikes on Ukrainian territory, Polish and allied air forces have begun operating in our airspace,» Poland’s operational command said, according to East2West.
RUSSIA LAUNCHES RECORD MISSILE BARRAGE AGAINST UKRAINE ONE DAY BEFORE PEACE TALKS SET TO RESUME IN ABU DHABI
Rescue workers try to put out a fire at a residential building burning after a Russian drone attack in Poltava region, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (East2west)
Hours earlier, two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled in fellow NATO state Romania as Russian drones attacked Ukraine near the River Danube, the outlet reported. The Danube forms part of the border between Ukraine and Romania.
Ukrainian military leaders said Russian forces have intensified attacks along the roughly 750-mile front line, with hundreds of assaults reported in recent days.
The Institute for the Study of War said the escalation suggests Moscow’s long-anticipated spring-summer offensive is now underway, according to The Associated Press.
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A residential high-rise burns after a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, as flames and smoke pour from multiple floors. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched nearly 400 drones. Ukrainian officials later said most were intercepted or disrupted, although some were able to hit their targets, according to East2West.
Russia also launched 23 cruise missiles and seven ballistic missiles at Ukraine during the night, hitting at least 10 locations across the country, according to the Ukrainian air force.
Ukrainian civilians have endured relentless barrages since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago. U.S.-brokered talks between Moscow and Kyiv over the past year have brought no respite, with Russia rejecting Ukraine’s ceasefire offer.
The latest strikes came after Ukraine hit Russia’s largest Baltic port, Primorsk, in a pinpoint attack a day earlier, leaving the key export hub in flames, East2West reported.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, threatened «dire» consequences over what he said was Ukraine’s use of Storm Shadow missiles, which this month hit and damaged a microelectronics plant in Russia’s Bryansk region.
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Rescue workers try to put out a fire at a residential building burning after a Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
«The British, without whose participation the use of Storm Shadow missiles is simply impossible, decided to remind everyone of both Ukraine and themselves,» he said. «However, any action has consequences. And for everyone involved in the tragedy in Bryansk, the consequences will be dire.»
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Pritzker’s glowing review of lakefront resurfaces after college student killed by illegal alien nearby

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Illinois’ Democratic Governor JB Pritzker recently highlighted the calm of Chicago’s shore with Lake Michigan in a video he posted across his social media platforms — the same area where an illegal alien shot and killed a college student last week.
«Lots of runners coming by,» Pritzker said in a video he posted to Facebook last September.
«Lakefront path, Lakefront Trail — absolutely gorgeous. Just gorgeous. Look at that overpass. A great lakefront.»
The tone of the resurfaced clip clashes with the death of Sheridan Gorman, a 18-year-old Loyola University student who was shot to death near Tobey Prinz Beach Park, an area included in Chicago’s Police District 24.
CHICAGO LAWMAKER RIPPED OVER ‘DISGUSTING’ RESPONSE TO COLLEGE STUDENT KILLED BY ALLEGED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, center, is flanked by Cook County Chairwoman Toni Preckwinkle, left, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, right. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images)
Pritzker’s walk went viral on social media when several viewers online criticized the governor for his characterization of the shoreside area.
«Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker & Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson haven’t posted anything about the murder of Sheridan Gorman, allegedly at the hands of a Venezuelan illegal alien,» Fox News Congressional Correspondent Bill Melugin posted on X. «Last year, Pritzker made a video from the lakefront she was killed at, mocking claims that it wasn’t safe.»
«Governor JB Pritzker posted this video of the Chicago lakeside to brag about how safe it is. Sheridan Gorman was just killed there by a Venezuelan immigrant his state law PROTECTED,» End Wokeness, a popular conservative account, wrote in a X post.
«> crosses the border illegally > released into the country by Biden > arrested for shoplifting > released back onto the street > murders an innocent girl,» former Trump White House staffer Greg Price wrote.
«Pritzker posted this video bragging about how safe Chicago’s lakeside is — right where Sheridan Gorman was just killed by a Venezuelan illegal his state law protected. Unreal,» another account wrote.
MY DAUGHTER WAS KILLED, AND I WARNED SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES WOULD COST LIVES AGAIN

There were nine armed robberies in Chicago’s West Side in just over an hour last week, according to police. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The area has improved in the categories of thefts, burglary and motor vehicle theft in recent years, according to recent police reports. However, reporting for murder, sexual assaults and aggravated battery have gone up, according to crime stats from March.
District 24 has reported three murder cases, 19 sexual assaults and 32 aggravated battery incidents so far in 2026.
The district has the second-most murders of any district of the six districts included in Chicago’s Area 3, which covers a significant chunk of the city’s northern side.
In Gorman’s case, authorities charged Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national, with her murder.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Medina had already been apprehended for shoplifting in Chicago but had been released in June 2023.
Even before that, Medina had been apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol in May 2023. He was also allowed to walk free then.
«Sheridan Gorman had her whole life ahead of her before this cold-blooded killer decided to end her life. She was failed by open border policies and sanctuary politicians who RELEASED this illegal alien TWICE before he went on to commit this heinous murder,» Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act on Dec. 12, allowing eligible terminally ill adult patients to obtain life-ending medication after consultation with their doctors. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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«We are calling on Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods.»
The office of Governor Pritzker did not respond to a request for comment on the Chicago shoreside area and its crime rates.
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