BOGOTA: The Colombian army on Saturday tightened its control over Cali, the country's third largest city, after the latest anti-government protests left at least 13 people dead.
The NGO Human Rights Watch cited"credible reports" of at least 63 deaths nationwide, and called the situation in Cali"very serious." At one point Saturday Duque was booed by a crowd as he appeared in public in Cali before traveling to the town of Popayan.AdvertisementOne witness, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal, told AFP that a group of protesters in Cali were celebrating the one-month anniversary of the anti-government rallies when"shots rang out."
Jose Miguel Vivanco, the Human Rights Watch executive director for the Americas, urged Duque to take"urgent measures to de-escalate, including a specific order prohibiting agents of the state from using firearms."People in Cali's poorer neighborhoods told AFP the military deployment makes them more fearful, not less.
Government mediation attempts have been largely futile, unable to contain the fury of increasingly politicized youth battered by the pandemic and angered about the country's deep inequalities. An estimated one-third of those aged 14 to 28 are jobless and not in school.
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