CALI, Colombia, May 29, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – President Ivan Duque announced Friday he was deploying military troops to Cali, amid deadly anti-government protests in Colombia’s third-largest city as the country marked a full month of social unrest.
“Starting tonight, the maximum deployment of military assistance to the national police in the city of Cali begins,” Duque announced after chairing a security meeting in the city of 2.2 million people.