Colombian president Gustavo Petro said last week that a significant amount of military equipment, including millions of rounds of ammunition and even missiles were missing from two army bases in the country, shaking up the national conversation given the large amount of firepower it amounted to.
However, figures seen by Reuters suggest that even though there is missing equipment, the actual magnitude is much lower. The military report, the outlet said, listed over 131,000 missing bullets (compared to the 1.6 million claimed by Petro) and under 6,000 explosive munitions. It didn't mention missing missiles (Petro pointed to two Spike missiles and 37 Nimrod missiles).
