For the last two weeks, Colombia has been rocked by a wave of massacres that have killed at least 42 people, according to police.
The massacres, defined as the murder of three or more people in a single act of killing, have taken place across the Latin American country, from the western state of Narino to the state of Arauca on the eastern border with Venezuela.
Regional police commander Colonel Ever Gomez reportedly said the gunmen entered a farm and opened fire, killing two people instantly. The third victim died in hospital. A woman stands on a coffin during the funeral of the five young men murdered this week, in Cali, Colombia, 13 August 2020.Last month, the United Nations' peace mission in Colombia said it had already documented 33 massacres since the beginning of the year.
HRW claims these groups have threatened, murdered and attacked those they believe are not complying with the rules. According to"In various communities throughout Colombia, armed groups have violently imposed their own rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19," Human Rights Watch Americas director Jose Miguel Vivanco said.
President Duque has accused armed groups financed by drug trafficking of being behind the current wave of massacres. He has been criticised for terming them"collective homicides". Ultimately, Prof Posso said the recent killings are taking place in a politically polarised country that is rife with inequality.
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