Juan Fransisco Kiko Gomez, the governor of La Guajira province has been arrested in Colombia over alleged murder and conspiracy.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered from sources that the governor was accused of murdering his political rivals, along with other criminal charges.

It was further revealed that when police came to arrest him during a festival in his home town of Barrancas, many of his supporters tried to prevent his arrest.

Colombia's deputy attorney general, Jorge Fernando Perdomo, said Kiko Gomez was linked to the assassination of a Barrancas town councillor, Luis Lopez Peralta, in 1997.

He has also been charged in connection with the murder of Luis Alejandro Rodriguez, and Rosa Mercedes Cabrera in 2000.