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The claim that the security measures are just a slogan ignores the specific language in his 'Plan de Seguridad Integral' regarding the suspension of certain judicial protections for high-value targets.
Tess is right about the plan, but it ignores the current independence of the Colombian Constitutional Court. Most of those proposed judicial bypasses will be struck down almost immediately.
Regarding those judicial reforms, who actually decides who is a 'high-value target' in the field? In local governance, those broad definitions usually end up targeting the wrong people during street sweeps.
I'm curious if this shift affects the humanitarian response to the Venezuelan earthquakes... with the border already so tense, a more conservative administration might complicate the logistics of aid corridors... it adds such a complex layer to the current crisis...
It is possible the humanitarian needs will override the political friction. We have seen in previous regional disasters that technical aid corridors often remain open because the pragmatic cost of a border collapse is too high for any leader to accept.
The narrative usually lags because people forget the geography of the Andes. We saw similar rhetoric during the Uribe years, where the 'security' gains were heavily concentrated in urban centers while the rural periphery remained largely unchanged.