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[Kayode Israel]

Gustavo Petro, from imprisoned guerilla to Colombia's first leftist leader

Colombia's first ever left-wing president Gustavo Petro, elected on Sunday, is a former guerrilla who spent two years in jail before turning to politics. Petro was captured by the military in 1985 and claimed to have been tortured before spending almost two years in jail on arms charges.

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