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The chronicler Alberto Salcedo Ramos issued a statement to public opinion referring to allegations of sexual abuse conducted by journalists Alejandra Omaña and Angie Castellanos in Las Igualadas, from the newspaper The viewer.
Omaña mentioned in the publication that met Salcedo Ramos in November 2013, When at a publishing house where she worked, she was assigned as assistant to the Barranquilla chronicler and other writers.
“What I had to do, basically, was accompany the authors to the presentations of their books or days of book signing at Christmas ”.
The journalist affirms that in March of that year, Salcedo invited him to have a few beers in Usaquén, in Bogota. Omaña mentioned in her testimony that after finishing the drinks they walked west to take a taxi and halfway there the chronicler He “pushed her against the wall and began” to “forcefully” kiss her.
“I pushed him away but He took me tightly with his big hands and tried to stick his tongue in my mouth. He moved away seconds later when he saw a taxi pass by and held out his hand to take us, ”said Omaña.
According to the testimony of the journalist, when they were in the vehicle, she asked the driver to leave the chronicler at her home and, later, to leave her at her residence.
Omaña states that when he got to the point Salcedo asked him to stay with him to show him academic content that would serve her in her career.
According to the journalist, at that time she thought that if he refused the invitation, his doors in the professional sphere would close.
In the video, Omaña affirms that on the way to the apartment Salcedo Ramos repeated what he did in Usaquén and took his hand, leading it to his penis to rub it. “He had an erection,” he describes.
According to the testimony of Angie Castellanos, the renowned writer He also forced her to kiss him and feel his genital.
On the official Twitter account of Las Igualadas, It is stated that 15 more women wrote to her email “narrating accounts of sexual violence that point to it.”
Salcedo Ramos, through his twitter account, spoke about the way in which journalist Viviana Bohórquez approached him by telephonea to collect your statement on the accusations made against you.
The Barranquillero assured that he had not spoken previously because “I was doing, first of all, a retrospective examination aimed at looking at the situation with honesty and perspective.”
“I wanted to evaluate if I did indeed hurt, if I really hurt Alejandra Omaña and Angie Castellanos against my will. My silence, however, does not mean that I accepted what they impute to me or much less that I was inactive ”, you can read in the communication.
The chronicler states that already raised a right to petition before the Prosecutor’s Office to “know what you’re up against.”
It also says that hired a team of criminal lawyers and that when he receives the answer he will approach the judicial entity to deliver the evidence that, according to him, proves his innocence.
“In them it will be seen that with Omaña and Castellanos I had adult relationships, and that there was never a subordinate bond or a position of power that would represent a threat to them, ”he says.
According to the chronicler, given the evidence that it has in its favor and that it considers to be “conclusive”, does not rule out the possibility of later filing criminal and civil proceedings against Igualadas and El Espectador.
Meanwhile in Twitter and Facebook Users write for and against Salcedo and Las Igualadas, due to the controversial case that puts sexual abuse against women on the retina of public opinion.
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