# Colombia’s Abelardo de la Espriella takes office, vows war on guerrillas

https://mins.news/en/video/16075

- France 24 English, 2026-08-07 10:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hze0XgKbnB8

> Colombia’s president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office on August 8. He vows to wage war on drug gangs and move closer to the United States. The former lawyer won June’s runoff by less than one percentage point. A right-wing populist compared with Nayib Bukele and Javier Milei, he is being sworn in at an unusual location.

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