Reply #4: Uribe: Colombian police fired on protesters

[Judi Lynn]

2 hours, 26 minutes ago
Uribe: Colombian police fired on protesters

BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe admitted Wednesday that police fired on Indian demonstrators despite a government pledge that security forces would not do so

Uribe had earlier denied accusations that security forces fired at demonstrators during protests by thousands of Indians.

"The police did fire," Uribe said at a news conference Wednesday.

He made his remarks after CNN obtained and aired a videotape that shows police at La Maria Indian reservation.

The video shows a man in an olive green uniform and ski mask raise an M-16 assault rifle, standard issue for some Colombian police units, and fire three shots, though the target is unclear.

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I worry when I see all these videos on international TV that don't show that this country has respected diversity," he said. "The government respects social protest. What the government doesn't tolerate is violence."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/23/colombia.shooting/index.html



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