AL JAZEERA: Colombia elections: Candidates face spate of violence →
Caucasia, Colombia - Nine bullet holes dot the front door and window of Jhon Jairo Vasquez's home in the northern town of Caucasia in Colombia's Bajo Cauca region.
Gunmen opened fire on September 11 at 1:30am. It was the day after the 53-year-old local incumbent councillor held a campaign rally, where he spoke against criminal groups and coca production - the base ingredient for cocaine - in the region.
![Jhon Jairo Vasquez shows the bullet holes on the front door of his house. He covered them with campaign stickers to not draw to attention to the violent event [Steven Grattan/Al Jazeera]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc413189b7d1509fe6fc64b/1571440872961-AN4TNQLGPFOLFHOIYL0P/1d4aed1005ba42078cc08bb741fcd674_18.jpg)
Jhon Jairo Vasquez shows the bullet holes on the front door of his house. He covered them with campaign stickers to not draw to attention to the violent event [Steven Grattan/Al Jazeera]