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Colombia desperately implies peaceful protesters were armed to the teeth June 9, 2021 Colombia’s vice-president on Tuesday implied that 40,000 weapons were seized from anti-government protesters as the government began drowning in criminal charges. Vice-President Marta Lucia Ramirez made the claim after she was heard by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) over alleged crimes against humanity committed to quell the protests. Ramirez told press that “the security forces have had to seize 40,000 weapons. These are people who went out to protest, not peacefully, but armed and with the intention of destroying things.” According to the Defense Ministry, almost 46,000 “corrective measures” were taken against people for carrying knives or sharp objects since the protests began on April 28.

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