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Judi Lynn

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Sat Sep 12, 2020, 08:30 AM Sep 2020

Has state terrorism cost Colombia's government its legitimacy?


by Adriaan Alsea
September 11, 2020

The alleged use of state terrorism to undermine Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez put the legitimacy of the far-right government of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque on the line on Friday.

Opposition Senator Gustavo Petro accused Duque of using a police terror campaign in Bogota to “stage a coup” against Mayor Claudia Lopez since Wednesday.

Duque has staged a coup against the mayor using the police. This is how the mayor’s criticism in the media is being avenged leaving more than ten deaths. They want a lethal body against protests that will remain in impunity because they know that the people will take to the streets.

Senator Gustavo Petro

Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo almost immediately asked forgiveness for police crimes committed, implying he takes responsibility for the terror campaign.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/has-state-terrorism-cost-colombias-government-its-legitimacy/
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