Iván Cepeda formally conceded the presidential runoff and publicly recognized Abelardo de la Espriella's victory, calling for coexistence and respect for institutions after tense post-election unrest.Preliminary tallies show Abelardo de la Espriella with roughly 12.9M votes, about 49.78%, a margin near 1 percentage point or roughly 251K votes, while municipal and national certification remains under way.Abelardo de la Espriella, a businessman with dual Colombian and US citizenship who was endorsed by Donald Trump, will be sworn in on Aug. 7 and has outlined a hardline security agenda inspired by Nayib Bukele, including mega-prisons and cooperation with the US-led Shield of the Americas.Iván Cepeda said he will return to the
Senate for the next legislative term and vowed to monitor the new administration while independent observers dismiss broad fraud claims and human rights groups warn about due-process risks from proposed security measures.