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Colombia using terrorism to quell anti-government protests
by Adriaan Alsema April 30, 2021
Colombia's third largest city Cali has been militarized since Wednesday after an apparent state terrorism campaign to quell anti-government protests.
Defense Minister Diego Molano sent 700 policemen and 300 soldiers on Wednesday to end violence in Cali, but ended up further escalating terror in the city after new protests on Thursday.
The terror campaign that sought to quell anti-government protests is the fourth since President Ivan Duque 'took office in 2018 and the second in Cali.
Molano oversaw the terror campaign from a police monitoring unit named after late Defense Minister “ Carlos Holmes Trujillo ” who oversaw a police massacre in Bogota last year.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-using-terrorism-to-quell-anti-government-protests/