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October 16, 2026, 9:12 AM
The deadline was set in March and repeated in September. The ministry hasn't said what happens to people who miss it. Without the transfer, the holder can't get a new cédula, the ID foreigners use for banks and health insurance here.
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The Constitution says the Senate has to permit foreign troops to pass through Colombia, and this fight has already started. In September, after US Marine helicopters flew over Tumaco, a judge ordered the Defense Ministry to explain its legal basis, on a suit by a congressman from Petro's party, and Senator Iván Cepeda filed a similar suit against the president. In 2020, a court suspended a US Army advisory brigade's work here until the Senate weighed in.
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