Overview

• Police identified the wounded as Yendri Omar Velásquez Rodríguez and Luis Alejandro Peche Arteaga, who were shot by two unidentified assailants after leaving a building in north Bogotá’s Los Cedros neighborhood shortly after noon.
• Both men were taken to a hospital and are in stable condition, according to the National Police.
• Officers located a suspected getaway vehicle in Suba containing two pistols and are seeking three people believed to have fled after abandoning the car.
• Colombia’s ombudsman condemned the attack and urged the Attorney General to investigate, while a UN special rapporteur and Venezuelan opposition figures called for a transparent inquiry.
• Velásquez, founder of the Venezuelan Observatory of LGBTQ+ Violence, sought asylum in Colombia after a 2024 detention in Venezuela, and Peche is a political analyst and former National Assembly adviser; police said they had no record of prior threats against them in Colombia.