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Pueblo activists to draft resolution for city council over the Christopher Columbus statue
Mayo Davison
and last updated 2021-04-06 23:13:30-04
PUEBLO â Activists opposed to the Christopher Columbus statue in Pueblo are renewing their push to get it taken down.
A group called Movimento Sigue also known as the Movement Continues is planning to call on Pueblo City Council members to vote on the removal of the statue. We are asking city council to bring up a resolution or ordinance to take down the statue, said Tomas Martinez Ortega, Spokesperson for the Movement Continues.
Following the death of his mother Rita, one of Pueblo s strongest voices for indigenous rights, Martinez Ortega decided to continue her work in getting the statue removed from the Mesa Junction.