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Duque is not a tyrant, says Colombia's defense minister who oversaw a massacre
by Adriaan Alsema November 9, 2020
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque a not a “tyrant” or a “dictator,” according to the defense minister who oversaw the massacre of at least 13 people in the capital Bogota in September.
In a press conference, embattled Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo insisted that the authoritarian President is a democrat.
It is an infamy that I vehemently reject and that evidences the purpose of those who want to use democracy to impose tyranny.
Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo
Trujillo, who reluctantly complied with a court order to curb police brutality after employing terror tactics to quell antigovernmental protests on three occasions, insisted Duque governs “inspired by legality, the Constitution and respect for the law.”
The president is currently facing four investigations, including one over his alleged collusion with the drug trafficking organization of Marquitos Figuroa to rig the 2018 elections.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/duque-is-not-a-tyrant-colombias-defense-minister-who-oversaw-a-massacre/
