Colombia protests: UN 'deeply alarmed' by bloodshed in Cali
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56983865May 3, 2021
The UN said it was particularly shocked by events in Cali on Monday, where it said police had fired on protesters.
It said that fatalities had been reported but it had not yet been able to verify how many.
On Monday, Colombia's ombudsman said at least 19 people had died during a week of unrest over proposed tax reforms.
The ombudsman's office had at first put the number of those killed since the protests started at 17, but later revised that number upwards to 19. But that was before the fresh clashes which happened overnight in Cali, Colombia's third largest city....
