Fresh protests called in Colombia after 19 die HIGHLY CRITICIZED BILL: The government on Sunday ordered that the tax reform proposal be withdrawn from Congress, but rallies continued across the nation AFP, BOGOTA Protesters in Colombia on Monday called for a new mass rally after 19 people died and more than 800 were wounded in clashes during five days of demonstrations against a proposed government tax reform. The office of Colombia’s human rights ombudsman said that 18 civilians and a police officer died in violence during the protests that began throughout the nation on Wednesday last week, while 846 people, including 306 civilians, were injured.