Petro removes police general Urrego after alleging plot to sabotage Trump meeting
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x Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the removal from active duty of Brigadier General Edwin Masleider Urrego Pedraza, who had been serving as police commander in Cali, after accusing him of involvement in an alleged attempt to sabotage Petro’s recent meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. A February 11 decree issued by Colombia’s Defence Ministry said Urrego was being retired “by call to qualify services,” formalising a move Petro previewed a day earlier in Montería during a
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