Colombia security debate moves to Bogotá as congressman seeks military deployment : A proposal to deploy Colombia’s armed forces in three of Bogotá’s most populous localities has opened a new debate over the role of soldiers in urban security, days after President Abelardo De La Espriella ordered a military deployment in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta following a wave of violence attributed to a criminal organization. José Jaime Uscátegui, a congressman from the right-wing Centro Democrático party, formally asked the national government to militarize the Bogotá localities of Ciudad Bolívar, Kennedy and Bosa, saying the military should support police operations in areas affected by criminal organizations and serious violence. “I respectfully request that the government order the militarization, through the deployment of the Armed Forces, in support of the police in the areas most affected by criminal organizations and serious acts of violence,” Uscátegui said in his reque...