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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

Activist forced out of US after criticising Trump-aligned Colombian politician

Beto Coral
Beto Coral said that during his 30 days in detention he was assaulted and deprived of food and water. Photograph: Courtesy of Beto Coral

In the week before Colombia’s presidential election, Beto Coral, a well-known activist living in the United States, travelled to Florida to persuade fellow Colombians not to vote for the far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella.

Coral held banners outside polling stations in Miami warning that the millionaire lawyer, whose candidacy was endorsed by Donald Trump, would “help deport all of you”.

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