Defense attorney Abelardo de la Espriella, a supporter of Trump and Bukele, is leading Colombia's presidential election. He has pledged an uncompromising fight against the country's remaining armed groups.

Far-right defence attorney and businessman Abelardo de la Espriella topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential election Sunday, followed closely by leftist senator Ivan Cepeda. A fervent supporter of US President Donald Trump as well as the authoritarian crime crackdown of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, De la Espriella has promised to wage an uncompromising war against the splintered armed groups that continue to hold out in the country’s hinterlands.