Balance of the curfew on Halloween in Medellín and Antioquia – Medellín – Colombia

The Halloween weekend in Antioquia was full of clandestine parties, street fights and fines for failing to comply with the measures decreed in Antioquia.

One of the most representative cases occurred in San Jerónimo (West of the department), where personnel assigned to the Tourism Police and the Police station San Jerónimo carried out the intervention of a clandestine party in a tourist farm located in a rural area in the village of Las Estancias, where there were about 100 people.

“It was on a farm that had been rented previously. About 100 people were chattingwith an orchestra, sound equipment, multicolored lights, “said Colonel Jorge Miguel Cabra Díaz, commander of the Antioquia Police Department.

These people were at a celebration and drinking intoxicating drinks, and when they noticed the police presence they fled around the farm, so only 42 subpoenas orders could be imposed.

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In turn, this place was temporarily closed for a period of 10 days, abundant liquor of different types was seized, valued at approximately $ 6,000,000 million, in addition to pyrotechnic games valued at $ 1,000,000 pesos.

According to the Antioquia Police, over the course of this weekend 1,652 calls were answered to the automatic dispatch center, 270 subpoenas were filed, 18 fights were attended, seven clandestine parties were intervened, they were seized three firearms, 65 knives, 76 people were captured for all crimes and the seizure of 74,000 doses of marijuana.

On the other hand, in the municipalities of the Aburrá valley, 1,116 subpoenas against citizens were imposed this weekend for the violation of the norm.

Only on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police of the Valle de Aburrá made 385 interventions in family parties and imposed 426 appearances por to breach the measures decreed in the department, which include the Prohibition Law and the curfew.