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Colombia s police force, built for war, finds a new one 9 minutes to read By: Julie Turkewitz and Sofía Villamil Police spent decades fighting left-wing guerrillas and paramilitaries. Now, they re cracking down on protesters, and igniting a wider demonstration movement in response. In Colombia s decades long conflict with violent rebel groups, the country s national police often fought on the front lines, wielding tanks and helicopters as they battled guerrilla fighters and destroyed drug labs. It was a force built for war, and now it has found a new one on the streets of Colombia s cities, where the police stand accused of treating civilian protesters as battlefield enemies.

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