Cali

Colombian President Ivan Duque announced Friday he was deploying military troops to the city of Cali, as international alarm grows over the policing of deadly anti-government protests across the country in recent weeks.

Friday marked a full month of nationwide protests, which began over a proposed tax increase but have since morphed into a broader anti-establishment mobilization.

Prenga, 41, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by the police in his hometown of Lac, 40 kilometres north of Tirana, accused of opening fire with a pistol and injuring Tom Cali, a 66-year-old fisherman, during a brawl that left seven people injured.