Bogota wakes up from violent weekend

Colombia’s capital Bogota lived after a relatively violent weekend; twelve people were assassinated between Friday and Sunday.

According to local government and police figures, the twelve homicides took place in different parts of the city, mostly in the poor south of the capital.

Authorities are worried about the high use of firearms in the homicides.

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