Andrés Santamaría Garrido

Andrés Santamaría Garrido is the director general of Asocapitales, the Colombian Association of Capital Cities, which represents the interests of capital cities in Colombia. Recently, he was in the news for leading the association's strong opposition to President Gustavo Petro's announcement of an international human rights mission to Medellín, which they deemed 'improvised, irregular, and contrary to the Colombian constitutional order.'