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Judi Lynn

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Sat May 30, 2020, 09:40 PM May 2020

Senator calls for meeting before US troops arrive in Colombia



Bogotá, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Senator for the Patriotic Union party Aída Avella urged the President of the Colombian Congress, Lidio García, to convene a session as soon as possible before the imminent arrival of United States troops to the country.

The US military 'cannot enter Colombian territory above Congress' to advise the fight against drug trafficking, she stressed through her account on the social network Twitter.

The soldiers will arrive in the country next Monday, they will enter quarantine and then they will be transferred to support the headquarters of the Joint Task Force Hercules (Tumaco), Vulcano (Norte de Santander), Omega (Meta) and the Brigade against Drug Trafficking, where they will be four months.

Although the President of Congress has stated his position and asked the Head of State, Iván Duque, to remember that this authorization for the transit of United States troops must be given by the Legislative, even the parliamentarians still do not meet.

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'We reject that the country be used for wars and invasions to other countries. There is no justification for 800 American soldiers to be in Colombia, ' she emphasized.

More:
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=56232&SEO=senator-calls-for-meeting-before-us-troops-arrive-in-colombia

Very best wishes Senator Aída Avella is important enough Duque's regime, or any other, will target her for extermination.
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