Police were to be burned alive in riots, says Government



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The accusation of the official of the National government was made during the debate this Thursday in the Council of Bogotá. There, Palacios said that the person affected was a police captain, commander of the CAI of Las Ferias.

During his speech, the deputy minister noted that the uniformed man was detained for half an hour during which he suffered serious physical attacks during the riots in Bogotá.

Although Palacios acknowledged that during the days of protests in the capital there were police who overreached, he told the District that within the CAI many officers were in danger.

Regarding the case of the uniformed man attacked at Las Ferias, he said: “That policeman, a captain with all the experience, in tears told us what the experience of that day was like. And so, as we had police officers who violated all procedures and protocols, that captain was kidnapped, they kept him away from a CAI for half an hour. They beat him, they were going to burn him alive and this man never drew his weapon. “

In that debate of the Council was also the Secretary of Security of Bogota, Hugo Acero, who had differences with the Police on the events that occurred on September 9 and 10.

Acero said that, for the moment, “no evidence of specific plans” of the guerrilla has been presented. The n to participate in the riots in Bogotá. However, General Jorge Luis Vargas, director of Security and Coexistence of the Policeman, He said that there are judicial processes where the participation of the guerrillas is investigated.



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