His challenger is a conservative outsider, right-wing businessman and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, who calls himself El Tigre (The Tiger in English). He’s been endorsed by Donald Trump, and is a US citizen. The signature outfit for him and his supporters is the Colombian football shirt, which the left has accused him of politicising.
Investigators are also searching for a car they believe was rented by the suspect in the shooting that killed two students and injured nine.
Thousands of US adoptees do not have citizenship despite being brought to the country as babies decades ago. Now many fear deportation.
There was “sheer horror” when survivors realised that the girls aged nine, 11 and 17 had died, a rescuer says.