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Luis Carlos Rúa Fought Colombia’s Corruption in an Elephant Costume. Now He’s a Senator.
30 March 2026 at 23:53
After years of anonymously documenting abandoned public works projects in Colombia, Luis Carlos Rúa revealed himself days before his election.
Luis Carlos Rúa, in his white elephant character costume, at an abandoned government construction site in Pereira, Colombia.
© Esteban Vanegas for The New York Times
