Colombia's defense minister dies from COVID-19 at age 69

Soldiers stand guard outside the military hospital where Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo died from complications of COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. President Ivan Duque said that Trujillo died early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Soldiers stand guard outside the military hospital where Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo died of complications of COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. President Ivan Duque said that Trujillo died early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2019 file photo, Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo speaks to reporters after a bilateral meeting at the Department of State in Washington. Colombian officials say Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo has died from complications of COVID-19. He was 69. President Ivan Duque said in a statement that Holmes Trujillo died early Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 adding that he “couldn’t express the pain” he was feeling over the news. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

Soldiers stand guard outside the military hospital where Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo died of complications of COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. President Ivan Duque said that Trujillo died early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)