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Medellin homicides up 32%, and mayor's popularity soars
by Adriaan Alsema July 6, 2018
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Twice within a year, the prosecution was forced to suspend all arrest warrants, claiming that prisons were overcrowded.
But despite the evident security crisis, the popularity of Mayor Federico Gutierrez has soared to 89%, according to Gallup Colombia.
The pollster, whose former CEO is now Medellin’s public utilities chief, said earlier this week that Gutierrez was the most popular mayor in the country.
Gutierrez has proven to be a master in manipulating public opinion; he suspended the annual presentation of security statistics and has falsely presented arrested gangsters as major crime lords.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/medellin-homicides-up-32-and-mayors-popularity-soars/