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(CNN Spanish) --
The presidential candidate of the League of Anticorruption Governors, Rodolfo Hernández, said Thursday that he will return to Colombia on Saturday, hours after announcing the suspension of his public appearances to guarantee his safety.
The candidate wrote on Twitter that the Minister of the Interior, Daniel Palacios, and the Colombian government are “providing him with all the security to return to Colombia.
I'll be with you again on Saturday."
The Ministry of the Interior confirmed to CNN that, without specifying when, Daniel Palacios and Hernández will meet after his return to discuss the candidate's security.
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Hours earlier, in a chain of messages on the social network, Hernández stated that he was certain that his life was in danger and added that he made the decision to "guarantee the possibility of a democratic election on June 19."
This Thursday, Blu Radio reported that during a campaign event with the Colombian community in Miami, Florida, the former mayor of Bucaramanga assured on Wednesday that he had received information about an alleged plan to kill him and pointed out that the attack against him could be carried out with a weapon. white.
Hernández did not provide details of where the threats would come from, nor did he specify whether he filed a formal complaint to investigate the alleged plan against him.
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CNN is trying to get more details from his campaign team, including whether he has filed a formal complaint.
CNN is also trying to contact the National Police to confirm if they have received a formal complaint from Hernández.
For his part, Gustavo Petro, his rival for the second round, reacted to Hernández's decision to suspend his public appearances and said that, if it is for security, "I understand because I have lived decades under threat." Petro added that if Hernández "He is afraid," he invites him to debate "in a safe place. I invite him to the debates on television. The people deserve it," he wrote.
In May, before the first round of elections, Petro suspended various campaign events in the region bordering Venezuela after allegedly receiving alerts about plans to attempt on his life.
The National Police responded at that time that it had no information on such plans and pointed out that the institution had dedicated a large number of troops to protect all the candidates, and that the one with the greatest protection was Petro, although without mentioning Hernández in that moment.
Petro, who was the most voted candidate during the first electoral round on May 29, will face Hernández on June 19 in the second round to define the new president of Colombia.
With information from Ilse Borrero
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