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The journalist and writer Adriana Villegas Botero wrote an opinion column in the newspaper ‘La Patria’, from Manizales, about some songs that he hears from his home during the entertainment days of the soldiers of the Ayacucho Battalion, from the capital of Caldas.
According to Villegas, the lyrics would incite violence against women.
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“A minute before I died / I heard my girlfriend’s voice / That with a bitch voice she told me / If you die I give it to the police. Because I am, ha, I am, ha, the black vampire / I never had a mother, nor will I ever have her / If I ever had, with my hands I hanged her. / I never had a girlfriend, nor will I ever have her, / If I ever had, I took out her eyes ”are some of the words that generated outrage.
Before the complaint, the Eighth Brigade of the Army spoke out and assured that this type of song is not a military instruction.
The terms used do not correspond to any military instruction or doctrine imparted within the institution
“The terms used do not correspond to any instruction or military doctrine imparted within the institution. On the contrary, they are facts that muddy the institutional image and go against the policies of defense and promotion of Human Rights, as well as respect for women within the National Army, “he said.
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It was also indicated that the corresponding verifications were initiated to identify the uniformed men who had incurred this bad practice, “to strengthen training in Human Rights for these personnel.”
The Battalion stated that the instruction regarding the animations and chants used by the personnel of officers and non-commissioned officers, responsible for physical training, is that they must be based on the Rules of Cornet Chants and Calls (EJC 3-185).
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“This means that the activities developed in the education, training, training and retraining processes are carried out always preserving an appropriate, respectful language and encouraging the esprit de corps and the exaltation of human dignity.“, it was specified.
Villegas herself, as well as other users on social networks, showed their dissatisfaction with the lack of a public apology for the reported situation, which had been requested by the Manizales Feminist Platform and the Caldas Assembly.
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