Video: hooded men destroy a Police patrol amid demonstrations in Bogotá

This Saturday, November 21, Bogotá is experiencing a new day of unemployment. In the middle of a demonstration that was taking place on Calle 26 with Carrera 30, where several citizens tried to block roads, an act of vandalism occurred.

Under the bridge of the 26, a police patrol was destroyed by a group of hooded men who with different objects broke the windows of the vehicle. The situation was recorded on video and you can see how the coexistence managers of the Bogotá Mayor’s Office they tried to stop the action of the vandals.

Very close to this place, minutes later another act of violence occurred, this time against a uniformed man who was riding his motorcycle. As reported by Blu Radio, several protesters attacked a policeman who was patrolling the area. Young people with their faces covered hit the motorcycle that was already lying on the avenue with their skateboards.

Given these facts, the Secretary of Government of Bogotá, Luis Ernesto Gómez, pointed out that this type of behavior deserves the intervention of Esmad.

“The intervention of ESMAD is necessary in the event of acts of vandalism in the vicinity of the National University. This is not protest. This is crime. Violence is never the way ”the official wrote on his Twitter account.

Concentration points and marches in Bogotá

The marches of the Externado, Los Andes, Libe Distrital and Javeriana students will take the seventh race and will go through 45th street and then 30th street until they reach the National University.

For their part, the students of the Central University, Sergio Arboleda and the Pedagogical University will also arrive at the National University to join the demonstrations.

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After the meeting at the Nacional, a specific mobilization will go to the Plaza Fundacional de Bosa Centro. Right there will be the protesters of the Pedagogical University, which will be concentrated in that point in the south of the capital.

The Secretary of Government, Luis Ernesto Gómez, referred to the demonstrations and assured that what will be experienced this weekend are different sit-ins.

“Saplings in squares, sit-ins in universities that will surely take place in a peaceful manner”Gomez said.

On November 23 there will also be a candlelight in memory of Dilan Cruz, the young man who was allegedly murdered by a member of Esmad. The tribute will be held on 19th street with fourth race at 2:00 pm

On Wednesday November 25 there will be a mobilization feminist during the Day of Non-Violence against Women.

How were the marches last Thursday?

Hundreds of people took to the streets last Thursday to demand a change of course from the government of Iván Duque, a year after the massive protests against him that will mark a milestone in the country.

Adherence was lower than in previous calls and the rain scared off protesters in Bogotá, the epicenter of the mobilizations. In the other cities, participation was low.

Trade unionists, students, teachers, doctors, ex-FARC guerrillas and government opponents marched under colorful slogans and protected with masks amid the pandemic.

In the capital there were peaceful concentrations in different points and people then walked towards the central Plaza de Bolívar, next to the presidential headquarters.

We want “(Duque) to attend to the indigenous, the peasants, the working-class sectors of the country, to comply with the pacts signed with the students (…) that the minimum requests be met!” , a 65-year-old educator, who wore a poncho with the Colombian flag.

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The claims range from rejection of the upsurge in violence in remote areas of the country to criticism of the conservative government’s policies. A group of health workers advanced towards the center of the capital with cardboard in the shape of a coffin hung around their necks.

“We are under forms of illegal contracting, outsourced, precarious (…) we do not have biosecurity and protection (…) we continue to buy it out of pocket”, lamented the psychiatrist Carolina Corcho, 36 years old.

Massive anti-government protests began in November 2019 with rivers of people mobilizing daily in the biggest popular challenge a Colombian government has faced since the 1970s.