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Colombia: Venezuelan activists attacked in targeted shooting

Colombia: Venezuelan activists attacked in targeted shooting

Yendri Velasquez and Luis Peche have been living in Colombia since September 2024 after fleeing political persecution in Venezuela. Both are reported to be in a stable condition.

Police officers cordon off the area where a Venezuelan human rights activist, Yendri Velasquez and a political consultant, Luis Peche, were shot and injured, in Bogota, Colombia
Police officers cordoned off the area where Yendri Velasquez and Luis Peche were shot and injured in Bogota, Colombia
Two Venezuelan activists were shot and injured in the Colombian capital Bogota on Monday in what local authorities suspect was a targeted, hitman-style attack.

Yendri Velasquez, a human rights and LGBTQ+ activist, and Luis Peche, a political analyst, were exiting a building in the north of Bogota when two unidentified gunmen opened fire at around midday.

Both men, who have been living in Colombia since September 2024, were said to be in a stable condition in hospital, with Velasquez set to undergo surgery.

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