Families of protesters killed in Colombia face long wait for justice


FILE PHOTO: People vandalize the exterior of a police station during a protest after a man, who was detained for violating social distancing rules, died from being repeatedly shocked with a stun gun by officers, according to authorities, in Bogota, Colombia September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

(This Sept. 10 story corrects location of morgue in lede)

SOACHA, Colombia (Reuters) - It has been a year since Carolina Hurtado rushed to a hospital morgue near Colombia's capital to identify the bloodied body of her older brother Cristhian, but she still has no definitive answers about how he was killed.

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