Colombian police killed 86 people in 2020, report reveals

Instances of violence pointed to structural and systematic' abuses within the police force and sparked calls for reform

Police officers in Colombia killed 86 people last year, according to a local NGO which reported structural and systematic" abuses in the South American nation's police force.

Temblores, an non-governmental organization that monitors state violence, also documented 7,992 cases of assault and 30 cases of sexual violence, with migrant communities and Afro-Colombians often the victims.