Bogota | Demonstrations, marches and sit-ins against police brutality – Bogotá

In the Verbenal neighborhood, Usaquén, and in other areas of the capital, a vigil is held for the death of at least eight young people in the midst of the demonstrations on Wednesday.

After tough confrontations, order returned to the CAI of Villaluz. Order was also restored in Fontibón.

Users on social networks report that police officers confront protesters and shoot in the Venice neighborhood.

Due to the security and mobility conditions due to the demonstrations, TransMilenio reported that at this time they are suspending the operation in all its components.

In videos of social networks, users report that a woman was hit with a blunt object at La Alquería Station, on the south highway, and is injured.

There are strong clashes between the Public Force and the protesters in Fontibón. Esmad is present there, dispersing the 300 or 400 protesters who are present in the place.

There are riots in the Santa Helenita neighborhood, in the town of Engativá, and San Cristóbal Norte, in the town of Usaquén.

A march and 16 concentrations have been presented in Bogotá, according to the Secretary of Security, Hugo Acero.

The confrontations and excesses continue in the west of the capital, specifically in the CAI of Villaluz, where Javier Ordoñez would have died. Esmad tried to disperse the protesters with water and stun bombs.

Felipe Ramírez, manager of TM, announced that today there have been 7 transmilenios vandalized.

The TransMilenio system announced that it will operate until 8:00 pm this Thursday, in the different components of the system, due to the disorders and clashes that occurred in various parts of the country’s capital.

Additionally, the Mayor’s Office announced this Wednesday there were 100 people affected by the excesses.

The authorities report that, for now, with a cut-off at 4 in the afternoon this Thursday, there are:

– 188 police officers injured (179 in Bogotá, 7 in Cundinamarca and 2 in Medellín)
– 8 people died (5 in Bogotá and 3 in Soacha)
– 209 injured individuals admitted to hospitals in Bogotá.
– 60 police facilities affected (6 stations vandalized and 54 CAI affected)

The Ministry of Mobility informs that the operation is canceled in the TransMilenio North Portal due to manifestations unrelated to the operation. In addition, the Alquería station is closed.

The food service in Portal 80, Portal Américas and Portal Sur is also canceled.

Protesters confront members of Esmad in the vicinity of the CAI where the lawyer who died during police proceedings was taken.

The Ministry of Mobility reports damages in Suba Rincón, Verbenal, clashes on Carrera 106 with Calle 14 and demonstrations on Calle 13 with Carrera 65, affecting a shopping center.

Citizens report clashes between protesters and the Police in the town of Fontibón, which did not present strong mobilizations on Wednesday. They denounce that the uniformed men would be firing into the air.

A feminist group demonstrates in front of EPS Sanitas on Calle 13 with Carrera 65, in Puente Aranda, for the alleged rape of a woman by the doctor Ernesto Ortiz Ruiz in a medical procedure.

At the intersection between Avenida Ciudad de Cali and Carrera 93 there is a block with road damage. Protesters burn on public roads.

The Ministry of Mobility reports blockades from 4:15 pm in Suba Rincón (Carrera 93 with Calle 128c), in front of the CAI.

Also in the CAI Verbenal, (Calle 187 with Carrera 19).

Another meeting point will be the Alcalá park, where a sit-in is called at 4:30 pm and a candlelight starts at 5:30 pm “Until dignity becomes customary,” is the phrase that accompanies this call.

Another call is at the North Portal, at 5 pm; another at the CAI on July 20 for a candlelight at 6 pm, among others.

In the capital there are several concentration points. One of them is the portal of the 80, of the TransMilenio system, where they summon a cacerolazo and sit-in from 5 pm “We will no longer tolerate state terrorism,” says the call.

After noon, the CAI of Verbenal, an area north of Bogotá, where disturbances occurred on Wednesday and where some of the people who were killed in events that are the subject of investigation were registered.