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Colombian president says rebel leader planned to have him assassinated by snipers

Gustavo Petro is himself a former urban guerrilla and Colombia's first-ever leftist president. (Credit: Photo by: AFP/Daniel Munoz)

Colombian President Gustavo Petro suggested on Friday that a guerrilla commander sought to have him assassinated by snipers.

"I would ask alias 'Ivan Mordisco' if it's true that he has allied himself with the self-proclaimed 'New Drug Trafficking Board' with secret headquarters in Dubai, from where they commit crimes, to kill me with paid snipers," Petro said in a post published on X.

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