Duque Orders Full Deployment of Police Forces, More Violence

[Judi Lynn]

The new decision indicates further militarization as tensions grow within the country and
the international community. | Photo: Twitter/@ReporteYa

Published 17 May 2021

The Colombian president, who has failed to reach an understanding with the demonstrators, refuses to acknowledge the police brutality even when his government has been denounced to the International Criminal Court over crimes against humanity.

Colombia's President Ivan Duque ordered on Monday a full deployment of security forces to unblock the streets as demonstrations entered the 20th day. The people denounced the police brutality carried out by the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) and the National Army.

Duque said that his cabinet "instructed all levels of the public force so that in the territories with mayors and governors, they deploy their maximum operational capacity so that within proportionality and strict compliance with human rights, it allows Colombians to regain mobility and well-being."

"Statement from the President."
The Colombian president, who has failed to reach an understanding with the demonstrators, refuses to acknowledge police brutality even when his government has been denounced to the International Criminal Court over crimes against humanity.

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Is that kind of weapon even legal in controling protest elsewhere? I think it looks like a flame thrower, for crissakes.