<p>Colombia's Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo died Tuesday of complications stemming from Covid-19, the country's president said.</p>.<p>"Carlos Holmes Trujillo died at dawn today, after complications in his health while he was battling Covid-19," President Ivan Duque said in a video posted on Twitter.</p>.<p>Trujillo, 69, had first been hospitalized January 11.</p>.<p>Four days later, he was taken into intensive care at a Bogota military hospital suffering "acute lung function deterioration," the defense ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>Trujillo has been replaced by Fernando Navarro, who was previously head of the Colombian armed forces.</p>.<p>Colombia has reported more than two million Covid-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University, including almost 52,000 deaths.</p>.<p>The South American nation has kept its land and river borders closed for nearly a year and will keep them shut until at least March 1.</p>
<p>Colombia's Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo died Tuesday of complications stemming from Covid-19, the country's president said.</p>.<p>"Carlos Holmes Trujillo died at dawn today, after complications in his health while he was battling Covid-19," President Ivan Duque said in a video posted on Twitter.</p>.<p>Trujillo, 69, had first been hospitalized January 11.</p>.<p>Four days later, he was taken into intensive care at a Bogota military hospital suffering "acute lung function deterioration," the defense ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>Trujillo has been replaced by Fernando Navarro, who was previously head of the Colombian armed forces.</p>.<p>Colombia has reported more than two million Covid-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University, including almost 52,000 deaths.</p>.<p>The South American nation has kept its land and river borders closed for nearly a year and will keep them shut until at least March 1.</p>