LATIMES/ C.KRAUL
As renewed rebel and criminal violence threatens recent security gains...Colombia will need a new Defense Minister...after Rodrigo Rivera (above) abruptly resigned to"...explore other opportunities."
Rivera was in the job for a year.
There have been 193 kidnappings so far this year...up 25% y/y.
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