The father of Colombian Vice President Francia Marquez Mina
safely arrived in Cali after he was in a group attacked in the Cauca department of the country on Sunday, June 16, officials said.Footage released by the Ministry of National Defense of Colombia was described as showing Sigifredo Marquez Trujillo and several others being transferred by National Police helicopter.Mina
said her father, her six-year-old nephew, and two bodyguards were attacked while travelling on the Suarez-Cali highway, near Timba.The group was unharmed,
she said.A security council chaired by Colombia’s Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez
was held on Monday to discuss the situation in Cauca. Credit: Ministry of National Defense of Colombia via Storyful