BOGOTA, July 1 (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Ivan Duque will present a new law before the country’s Congress to increase prison sentences for vandalism, road blocks and attacks on police during protests, he said on Thursday, sparking criticism the law will criminalize protests.
Colombian law already includes jail sentences of around eight years for obstructing public highways, violence against public servants and property, but Duque did not say by how much he was looking to increase prison time.
"We’ve seen some acts of vandalism that have destroyed public infrastructure, that have burned municipal courthouses, that have also attacked commercial premises and […]
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