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Mateo Moreno

Colombia's New President Guts 15 State Agencies While Targeting Migrants, Alarming Families in South Florida

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella salutes during the change of command ceremony at the Jose Maria Cordova Military School in Bogota on August 26, 2026. Colombia's new hard-right government announced on August 25, 2026, plans to classify guerrilla fighters, drug traffickers and other criminal groups as "terrorists." (Credit: Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP via Getty Images)

Nineteen days into his term, Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has reshuffled a wide slice of the state bureaucracy and opened a migration crackdown that is rattling Venezuelan households on both sides of the Caribbean, including thousands of families with relatives in South Florida.

A single-day reshuffle across 15 agencies

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