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EFE · Road Competition · 09/10/2020
The Colombian cyclist Hrold Tejada (Astana) was assaulted at dawn this Friday in the north of Bogota by false police officers when, in the company of several relatives, he went to El Dorado airport to travel to the city of Pitalito, Huila, where his family.
Tejada, who disputed the last Tour de France as gregarious of his compatriot Miguel ngel Lpez and was ranked 45, was in the company of his mother, Gladys, his girlfriend, Catalina, and his mother-in-law when they were required by men who identified themselves like policemen.
First “a taxi stopped us, told us we were punctured. We stopped, checked and there was nothing. After two, three kilometers we were stopped by a red car, which told us to stop, that we had committed a backward violation for being (wrong) ) parked, which belonged to the Police, they showed us the plates and documents and made us get out of the car, “he said.
The 23-year-old climber added that the false policemen told them that a truck driver had been robbed in the area and had had a lot of money stolen.
“They were very clever people, who have a lot of experience in this. They were three men who were always there with us, asking us for money, the cell phone; material things that were few, but the most important thing is that we are in good health,” said Tejada in a video released by the Colombian Cycling Federation.
He explained that his girlfriend “had a mishap” because the criminals dragged her during the flight and she has bruises on her legs and an elbow, but fortunately “it was nothing serious.”
“We hope that the criminals go to jail,” concluded the cyclist, who made his debut this year in the Tour de France.
After reporting the assault, Tejada was able to travel with his family to Pitalito, where he could rest for a few weeks and then resume his activity.
The Bogota Police reported in a statement that “the facts were immediately known, a group made up of the Intelligence Section and the Judicial Police was designated, who are conducting the investigation to find those responsible.”
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