In the case of the riots on the outskirts of government-critical protests have been killed in the West of Colombia for three people. Two people had been killed in the violent escalation of a Demonstration in Buenaventura, another in Candelaria.
This is defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo said at a press conference on Friday morning (local time). In addition, more than 270 civilians and security forces had been injured. 98 Suspects had been detained. At the country-wide protests were gone on Thursday, tens of thousands of Colombians are against the policy of the right-wing conservative President Iván Duque on the road.
stun grenades against students
The General strike and the mass rallies organized by the trade unions, were also students, indigenous groups, environmentalists and the Opposition is connected. They are protesting in the capital, Bogotá, and other cities in the South American heads of state, among other things, against the Social and security policy of the government.
In Bogota, the police used stun grenades against students, attracted by the Thousands to the international airport of the Colombian capital. The protests were the most massive in the past years. The last 18 months, ruling Duque had admitted on Wednesday in a televised address to the eligibility of certain claims. At the same time, he complained of a “lie” heated campaign, with the new violence incited should be.
criticism of the agreement with the Farc
Duque took place since he took office in August 2018, a turn in the economic and security policy in Colombia. He criticized the peace agreement in 2016, with the Revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (Farc) as being too lenient, and since then, hard against a splinter group of the Farc.
The agreement ended the decades-long guerrilla war with the rebels, which transformed itself into a political party. The Farc had fought for half a century against the government in Bogotá, more than 260’000 people were killed in the armed conflict. (sda)
Created: 22.11.2019, 22:13 PM