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Protesters set fire to CAI in Verbenal, near where a person was killed last night.

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Héctor Fabio Zamora / EL TIEMPO.

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September 10, 2020, 06:14 pm


This Thursday, after knowing the fateful balance of 10 deaths that left Wednesday night in the middle of the protests for an act of police brutality that ended the life of Javier Ordóñez, the demonstrations in the city were reactivated.

(Also read: So were the hours of chaos in Bogotá after protests)

And during the afternoon, marches were already called in various cities of the country, mainly Bogotá, Medellín and Barranquilla, among others.

(Of your interest: Patrol officers linked to the Ordóñez case were removed from the Police)

Demonstration sites

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.

Clashes in Fontibón

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.

Feminist demonstration

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.

Women protest

Women protest in front of EPS Sanitas, in Puente Aranda.

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César Melgarejo / THE TIME

Cali City Avenue

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).

Alcala Park

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.

CAI burns in Verbenal

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.

(We suggest you read: ‘With a stray bullet they killed my daughter’: Julieth Ramírez’s father)

Other cities

In Barranquilla They are calling at the Autonomous University of the Caribbean, starting at 4 pm, and they assure that in addition to the acts of police violence, they are protesting against femicides and other murders of black people, LGBT, among others.

For its part, in Medellin They convene from 3 pm in the Parque de los Deseos, in the north of the city.

Meanwhile in Manizales convened at the Torre del Cable at 6:30 pm

(Also: ACAB What does this acronym that appeared in the protests mean?)

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