Colombia names new attorney general after political tensions

Colombia's Supreme Court of Justice on Tuesday chose Luz Adriana Camargo as the country's new attorney general, following weeks of political tensions over delays in naming someone for the role.

Camargo, a former judge who worked for the attorney general's office for 12 years in the 1990s and early 2000s, was also an assigned prosecutor at the Supreme Court of Justice, where she investigated ties between lawmakers and right-wing paramilitary groups.

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