Colombia's president, Abelardo De La Espriella, posted a video on X on Wednesday morning in which he appears surrounded by military and police authorities, presenting what he describes as evidence of a successful military operation. In the images, the president appears wearing the same dark green as the military, walking alongside white funeral sacks that, according to him, contain remains of rebels.
The post shows that in front of the president were not only boxes of cocaine or seized weapons, but rather bodies. The video was recorded while he was seated at a table with the authorities who accompanied the operation.
Experts cite a new era of "glorification of violence" on the part of political leaders. The article mentions that the video is a forceful expression of a political tactic that has been gaining ground in the Americas, where leaders campaigning in defense of law and order resort to images of alleged criminals as a demonstration of the success of their policies.
The context includes a recent Colombian government bombing that killed 20 guerrillas, described as the deadliest attack in recent years in the country.
