AL JAZEERA: Dozens of young people killed in Colombia, perpetrators unknown

Alvaro Caicedo recalled finding his 15-year-old son's body on August 12, tortured and lying beside four other lifeless Afro-Colombian teenagers.

His son, Jose, was killed in the impoverished Llano Verde neighbourhood in the western Colombian city of Cali.

A policeman plays a trumpet next to a set of coffins placed as part of a protests in Medellin against the violence in Colombia, where several massacres have happened during the past days [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]

A policeman plays a trumpet next to a set of coffins placed as part of a protests in Medellin against the violence in Colombia, where several massacres have happened during the past days [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]