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Gustavo Petro: “Do we accept the idea that innocent, loving partners and loving and devoted fathers of 3-year-olds can be collateral…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2026
Do we accept the idea that innocent, loving partners and loving and devoted fathers of 3-year-olds can be collateral damage to this government’s policies?
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Gustavo Petro

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Response to the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

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