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    COLOMBIA

    Aug 10, 2021 2 minutes
    CAROLE CONCHA BELL

    IRON FIST

    President Ivan Duque has promised to ‘modernize’ Colombia’s police force after security forces killed more than 60 protesters during May’s countrywide demonstrations against tax reforms.

    The ‘Mobile Anti-Disturbance Squadron’ (ESMAD), Colombia’s highly militarized riot police force, reportedly used tactics such as

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