The Colombian president Ivan Duque announced the deployment of the army in the city of Cali after at least three people died during the protests, which have now become increasingly violent, and talks to end the social uprising have stalled. Duque claims that illegal armed groups have infiltrated the demonstrations, which have been going on for a month, and has promised to deploy “all intelligence capabilities” to prove it.
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“This deployment will triple our capacity across the province in less than 24 hours, ensuring assistance in centers where we have witnessed low-intensity vandalism, violence and urban terrorism,” said the president, speaking from Cali, a city in the south. -west of Colombia which has become the epicenter of anti-government protests nationwide.
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The deployment comes after Attorney General Francisco Barbosa said a prosecutor’s agent was reportedly killed by civilians after opening fire. “According to information gathered so far, he shot several people and killed civilians … then he was killed at the hands of the people at the scene,” Barbosa said in a statement.
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José Miguel Vivanco, director of the American Division of Human Rights Watch, urged Duque to ban the use of firearms by officers and said the organization confirmed Cali videos showing gunmen in civilian clothes who shoot.
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The demonstrations took place yesterday also in other parts of Colombia. They have been going on for a month, and are the largest in decades. More than 40 people were killed and 2,200 civilians and policemen were injured. The protests erupted when Duque proposed a hefty tax hike, but they continued even after the president backed down. They then turned into a general protest against growing poverty and inequality in a country where the unemployment rate has doubled in the last year of the pandemic.
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