Positioned Colombian Troops After Political Riots

(Original Caption) Colombian government troops take up a strategic position in Bogota after Conservative President Mariano Ospina Perez declared the nation to be in a state of siege. The drastic action was taken after bloody political riots in opposition to the administration had claimed the lives of an estimated 1,000 people.
(Original Caption) Colombian government troops take up a strategic position in Bogota after Conservative President Mariano Ospina Perez declared the nation to be in a state of siege. The drastic action was taken after bloody political riots in opposition to the administration had claimed the lives of an estimated 1,000 people.
Positioned Colombian Troops After Political Riots
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Bettmann / Contributor
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515363634
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Bettmann
Date created:
November 11, 1949
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