In the first hearing of its kind, officials admitted to orchestrating extrajudicial killings. But victims asked for more. “We know that there are powerful people behind you,” said one woman. “We need names.”
Author: Julie Turkewitz and Sofía Villamil
Colombia Police Respond to Protests With Bullets, and Death Toll Mounts
The eruption of anger in Colombia, where at least 24 have died as the government cracks down on the protests, could spread to other countries in the region that share the same combustible conditions.
Indigenous Colombians, Facing New Wave of Brutality, Demand Government Action
“If we don’t stand before the world and say, ‘This is happening,’ we will be exterminated,” a protest leader said. After a long civil war, a new type of violence is sweeping Indigenous communities.