The statistics are still being debated.

They have since transformed into a much larger movement.

Protest organizer Pilar Lizcano described the protests to The List as “magnificently massive.”

Colombian singer Shakira

Robledo denounced viaTwitterthat only 26 are being officially investigated.

The singers' pleas may help serve to give essential, international, visibility to Colombian protestors.

Protestors in Medellin, Colombia