Human rights activist among two Venezuelans attacked in Colombia

A Venezuelan human rights activist and a political consultant were shot and injured in Colombia's capital on Monday in a hitman-style attack, Colombian officials said. Yendri Velasquez, a human rights and LGBT activist, and political consultant Luis Peche were stable after being shot while leaving a building in Bogota, Colombia's national police reported, adding that Velasquez was to undergo surgery. The two had been in Colombia since September 2024, officials said. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who last week was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pro-democracy activism in Venezuela, condemned the attack on social media and said the two men had been targeted by the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to Machado, Velasquez had sought...