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The violent protests against police brutality, unleashed by the death of a 46-year-old man in Bogotá and which left ten fatalities the day before, continued this Thursday with riots in different cities of the country.
The hectic day began very early with the first assessment of the authorities on what happened the previous day, in which seven young people between 17 and 27 years old died in Bogotá and three more in Soacha, a city near the Colombian capital.
In Bogotá alone, the chaotic night on Wednesday, in which there were fires of police facilities and buses in various parts of the city, there were 379 injured, of which 66 were hit with firearms.
The mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, harshly criticized the police response to the disorders and equated the number of wounded by gunshots with the results of a combat. López also questioned the indiscriminate use of firearms by members of the Police, whom he asked to “acknowledge with humility” that there was “a direct attack on several citizens.”
Riot in Bogota
On the night of this Thursday the target of the protests were again the Commands of Immediate Action (CAI) of the Police, attacked with stones and other objects and in some cases forced the intervention of anti-riot units.
The largest concentration occurred in the CAI of Villa Luz, where the two uniformed men involved in the death of Javier Ordóñez worked, whose death fueled street protests. Although there were disturbances there and even agitators tried to set fire to the police facility again, the most difficult situations were seen in other neighborhoods in which there were clashes with the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (Esmad) of the Police.
During those disturbances, the protesters set fire and destroyed the CAIs in neighborhoods such as Las Ferias and La Macarena, and even attacked what was left of those of La Gaitana and Verbenal, destroyed the day before, among others. In the Zona Franca neighborhood, in the western town of Fontibón, some neighbors formed a human chain to prevent them from attacking a CAI.
However, that did not prevent stones and sticks from falling against the infrastructure and a confrontation between the protesters and Esmad from unleashing until the situation reached a point where citizens reported on social media that uniformed officers fired shots at the air. There were also disorders in other cities such as Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Manizales, Pereira and Cúcuta.
However, one of the most serious situations occurred in Cajicá, a municipality near Bogotá, where a riot occurred and the Mayor’s Office decreed a curfew due to the excesses in force since 5:00 p.m. Despite this, there were those who remained in the street at night and entered the Mayor’s Office, which was looted.
“This is not the way to protest, this is not the way to react (…) They have destroyed the municipal administration, they have destroyed the police station and they are destroying business premises,” said the mayor of the municipality, Fabio Ramírez.
RETENTION OF HRD DEFENDERS
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned that human rights defenders were detained by the Police in Bogotá and in Villavicencio, capital of the central department of Meta. “In compliance with our mandate, we are following up on the cases of human rights defenders detained in Bogotá and Villavicencio.
11.00 pm
Disorder continues in Suba
Citizens denounce that vandals “hijacked” a bus and in the events a woman was seriously affected, who was transferred to the hospital. There is still no official report on the condition of the lady. The bus was later cremated.
10:40 pm
President Duque chairs PMU
President Iván Duque leads a Unified Command Point (PMU) to analyze the security and public order situation in the country. Also in the meeting are the Minister of Defense, Carlos Holmes Trujillo; General Gustavo Moreno, deputy director of the Police; General Luis Fernando Navarro, commander of the Armed Forces. MM .; the Vice Minister of the Interior, Daniel Palacios, and the Director of the Administrative Department
10:30 pmVehicular chaos is registered north of the capital
Vehicular chaos occurs on the North Highway with 170th Street. At the same time, dozens of people continue to walk home through the blockades.
10:20 pm
They denounce police abuse in Santa María del Lago
Citizens report a case of police abuse in Santa María del Lago, in Bogotá. In a video the moment in which police beat citizens was recorded.
10:20 pm
Man was hit by car while running
A video shows a man who was hit by a car while running around policemen.
10:10 pm
Cops trapped in CAI
The CAI policemen from San Victorino, in Bogotá, denounced through a video recorded by themselves that they were being attacked with stones by a mob of protesters.
10:00 pm
Bogotanos return walking to their houses after closing of TM
Hundreds of citizens walk home due to the disorders that caused the TransMilenio to end its operation at 8 pm
Disorders continue in various parts of the city.
9:40 pm
They report that a defender of DD. H H. he was arrested and injured
A human rights group denounced that at the CAI of Fontanar, in Suba, a human rights defender was detained and injured. H H. that he was conducting verification work. “They beat him in uniform, stripped him of his human rights vest and took away the two cell phones with which he documented attacks on the social protest,” he says.
8:44 pm
Clashes in Suba, Rincón
Protesters and Esmad face the Suba, Rincón. The Public Force tries to disperse the protesters, who threw stones and other blunt objects.
8:40 pm
Buses on north highway with 170 on fire
In the north of the capital, leaving for Chia, there are demonstrations and public order difficulties. Therefore, there are difficulties in mobility.
8:35 pm
Difficulties to enter the TM fleet to patios
Authorities reported that there are difficulties to enter the fleet to the patios in Usme, in the 80, in Américas and in Tunal due to the demonstrations.
8:30 pm
Protesters meet at CAI in the Galán neighborhood
Reports indicate that in the CAI of Galán more than a hundred protesters try to take over this site. The police try to disperse these people with tear gas.
8:17 pm
Candle for young people killed on Wednesday
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.
8:10 pm
Order begins to be restored in CAI de Villaluz
After tough confrontations, order returned to the CAI of Villaluz. Order was also restored in Fontibón.
8:08 pm
They denounce that police shoot at protesters
Users on social networks report that police officers confront protesters and shoot in the Venice neighborhood.
7:50 pm
They denounce that a woman is injured in Alquería Station
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.
7:45 pm
Hard clashes in Fontibón
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.
7:41 pm
Riots in the Santa Helenita and San Cristóbal Norte neighborhoods
There are riots in the Santa Helenita neighborhood, in the town of Engativá, and San Cristóbal Norte, in the town of Usaquén.
7:21 pm
For safety reasons, Transmilenio announces the closure of the operation in advance.
7:15 pm
Mayor Claudia López delivers a balance of the vandalism that have occurred in the city
7:05 pm
The Ministry of Mobility informs that the Transmilenio operation is canceled in the North Portal and in the Suba, Americas and 80 portals the power supply is canceled.
6:52 pm
They report injured women on Calle 13 and 65, in Bogotá, where protesters protested against alleged sexual abuse by a gynecologist from EPS Sanitas.
6:40 pm
The clashes between protesters and Esmad return in the vicinity of the CAI of Villa Luz.
6:15 pm
Clashes between citizens and the Police are recorded in Fontibón.
6:10 pm
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.
5:40 pm
Esmad arrives at the point of demonstrations on 13th street with 65th race.
5:40 pm
Members of the National Police arrive in the Fontibón free zone.
5:35 pm
Protesters are present in front of the CAI in the Villa Luz neighborhood.
5:30 pm
Calle 13 near Carrera 65. Demonstrators denounce the alleged case of sexual abuse by a gynecologist from EPS Sanitas.
5:08 pm
On Avenida Ciudad de Cali, on Carrera 93, criminals armed with guns and knives carried out a massive robbery of vehicles waiting for the traffic light to change. Go up.
4:50 pm
Riots in the CAI of Sabana Grande, Fontibón town
