BOGOTA, Jan 26, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Colombia’s Defense Minister Carlos Holmes
Trujillo died Tuesday of complications stemming from Covid-19, the country’s
president said.
“Carlos Holmes Trujillo died at dawn today, after complications in his
health while he was battling Covid-19,” President Ivan Duque said in a video
posted on Twitter.
Trujillo, 69, had first been hospitalized January 11. Four days later, he
was taken into intensive care at a Bogota military hospital suffering “acute
lung function deterioration,” the defense ministry said in a statement.