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The prosecutor Francisco Barbosa confirmed yesterday in a virtual statement from the bunker the arrests of the police officers Harby Rodríguez and Juan Camilo Lloreda, accused of the murder of Javier Ordóñez in the middle of an episode of police brutality that sparked protests last week throughout the country.
The official announced that the uniformed men will be charged with the crimes of aggravated homicide and torture, and that they will also be asked for an assurance measure in a prison.
Rodríguez was captured this Thursday in the Bosa neighborhood, in the south of Bogotá, while Lloreda surrendered to the authorities on Friday after various verification and search procedures by the Prosecutor’s Office.
The agents are identified as allegedly responsible for the death of Ordóñez, 46, who died in a Bogotá clinic in the early morning of September 9 after being brutally reduced by the uniformed officers who discharged an electric ‘taser pistol on him for a long time. ‘during his arrest.
The arrests are known hours after the story of Wílder Salazar, a friend of the victim and a witness to the police abuse, who said that Ordóñez was savagely beaten and his requests for help were denied by the police.
8 murders? Barbosa also said: “We continue investigating the eight homicides that occurred in Bogotá during the disturbance of public order in recent days.”
This statement by the head of the criminal investigation entity caused confusion, because according to the Bogotá Mayor’s Office there are 10 crimes in the middle of the demonstrations, plus three registered in Soacha, Cundinamarca.
Five “dissidents”
The prosecutor also reported the capture in Bogotá and Villavicencio of alias Justo, alias La Pola and alias El Profe, as well as the inmate alias Martín, alleged members of urban commandos of the FARC dissidents, for alleged vandalism during the national strike of 2019 and the protests of last week.
“The urban terrorism that has affected Bogotá since last year is hit in an operation that I myself led on Thursday night, in which a criminal structure dedicated to terrorism was impacted during the protests of November 21 to 24 of the year last and from September 9 to 11 of this year. They operated in the city of Bogotá and were identified as schools of civil resistance, solidarity unions and urban commandos that belong to the FARC dissidents, ”said the official.
“The investigations show that these criminal organizations offer training to young students from different educational centers, stimulate the creation of neighborhood clandestine movements and design mechanisms to finance violent activities and infiltration in cities,” the statement also reads issued this Friday by the accusing body.
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