BARRANQUILLA, Colombia: A flamboyant US-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia's presidential runoff on Sunday (Jun 21), swinging the country hard right with a promise to wage war against drug-running guerrilla groups.With almost all polling centres reporting, Abelardo de la Espr

Abelardo de la Espriella appears to have narrowly defeated his rival Iván Cepeda, who says the preliminary count is "not yet official or binding".

Lawyer and businessman Abelardo de la Espriella has promised a military crackdown on armed groups.