Colombia's De La Espriella says Trump has congratulated him on election victory

By Julia Symmes Cobb

BOGOTA, June 21 (Reuters) - Colombian right wing lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella on Sunday said he had spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump and that the U.S. leader had offered his congratulations for De La Espriella's win in Colombia's presidential race.

De La Espriella is leading by less than 1% of the vote against leftist rival Ivan Cepeda, equivalent to some 245,000 votes, with nearly all ballot boxes counted/



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