Colombia: Officials report 24 deaths related to protests against tax reform

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:

1. Michel Reyes
2. Juan Perdomo
3. Marcelo Agredo Inchima
4. Cristian Moncayo
5. Pol Stiven Sevillano
6. Yarli Parra
7. Jesús Solano
8. Miguel Ángel Pinto
9. Daniel Felipe Azcarate
10. Edwin Villa
11. Dadimir Daza
12. Santiago Murillo
13. Einer Lasso
14. José Ortiz
15. Kevin Yair González
16. Nicolás Guerrero
17. Brayan Niño
18. Jefferson Marín
19. Jesús Flórez
20. Yeison Angulo
21. Kevin Agudelo
22. Harold Rodríguez
23. José Ambuila
24. Wenceslao Solis

Related story in Spanish: Colombia: se eleva a 24 cifra de muertos en manifestaciones