The deadly protests in Colombia against proposed tax reform continued on Wednesday.
The Ombudsman’s Office of Colombia, the government agency that oversees human rights violations, reported 24 people have died in relation to the protests.
The majority of them died during clashes in Valle del Cauca, a department in the Pacific region. Officials first reported on Monday that 19 people had died since the protests began on April 28. Five more people died in the last few days.
Indepaz, a nongovernmental organization based out of Bogotá, listed 31 people, ages 13 to 86, died during the protests around the country.
Here is the list of 24:
- Michel Reyes
- Juan Perdomo
- Marcelo Agredo Inchima
- Cristian Moncayo
- Pol Stiven Sevillano
- Yarli Parra
- Jesús Solano
- Miguel Ángel Pinto
- Daniel Felipe Azcarate
- Edwin Villa
- Dadimir Daza
- Santiago Murillo
- Einer Lasso
- José Ortiz
- Kevin Yair González
- Nicolás Guerrero
- Brayan Niño
- Jefferson Marín
- Jesús Flórez
- Yeison Angulo
- Kevin Agudelo
- Harold Rodríguez
- José Ambuila
- Wenceslao Solis
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