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Colombia seeing a significant increase in violence this year

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Social leaders, activists, and former guerrillas are being killed at an alarming rate, with a murder every four days, according to the country's special justice for peace

Added on the 01/02/2021 20:57:05 - Copyright : Euronews EN

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