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Five people have died in protests and riots that broke out in Bogota following the death of a man who was repeatedly tasered by police, authorities said Thursday. Demonstrators took to the streets of the Colombian capital the previous day after video emerged of 46-year-old Javier Ordonez pleading with uniformed officers, who shocked him with the weapon at least five times as he lay on the ground. Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo offered a reward for "the capture of the perpetrators of the murder of five people" during the unrest in Bogota and the neighboring municipality of Soacha. vel/yow/je/gle
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