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Miguel Paiva

Afro-Colombian Donovan Balanta Case Ignites Outrage as 7 Officers Suspended Over Taser Use and Alleged Beating

A portrait of Donovan Balanta overlaying an aerial view of Guachené, Cauca. The case surrounding his death after a police detention has sparked widespread indignation across Colombia. (Credit: Alcaldía de Guachené / Internet / Photo edit by Miguel Paiva for Latin Times)

Colombian police removed seven officers from duty on Sept. 23, three days after Donovan Balanta Paz, a 34-year-old Afro-Colombian man, died following a detention on the edge of Bogotá, beside the town of Soacha. The police announced the suspensions that morning. Forensic experts have not said what killed him, and the institution and his relatives describe the encounter in starkly different terms.

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