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‘They started massacring people’: Army deployed as 13 people killed in Colombia protests

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‘They started massacring people’: Army deployed as 13 people killed in Colombia protests

The Colombian army has tightened its control over Cali, the country’s third-largest city, after the latest anti-government protests left at least 13 people dead.
Key points:

  • Human Rights Watch says at least 63 Colombians have been killed during a month of violent protests
  • Protesters are demanding government action to tackle poverty, police violence and inequalities in health care and education
  • Economists say more than 42 per cent of the country’s 50 million people live in poverty

The city’s streets…

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