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Given the announcements of new mobilizations this afternoon in Bogotá, Mayor Claudia López asked that the protest be peaceful and without violence.
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The president also called “to calm down, to have more serene strength and to avoid provocations.” The statement was made when presenting the new balance of wounded and dead on Wednesday night during the demonstrations in rejection of the death of Javier Ordóñez, after being subjected by police officers with a ‘taser’.
Through social networks, new demonstrations are being called for this Thursday afternoon in the city. 15 calls are known. And before this, López invited those who want to protest to do so in a peaceful way and suggested that it be on social networks, in cacerolazos from the window or balcony or in virtual forums.
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When asked if a curfew will be declared tonight, she said that it will be reviewed if it is possible to “provide the transportation service safely”. referring to TransMilenio. He pointed out that if a route or a mobility service must be suspended, “millions of citizens will be affected.”
However, Yes, the call was made for citizens to be home before 7 pm to avoid risks.
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“I make an emphatic call for any demonstration to be held peacefully and without violence. It is not by destroying Bogotá that we are going to bring the 7 people who died back to life, it is not by destroying Bogotá that the police are going to fix it, nor to overcome cases of police abuse, ”said López.
The mayor reported that on Wednesday night there were 66 injured by firearm, 7 killed by firearm, 12 injured by knife and 97 injured by other types of weapons. In addition, there are 114 soldiers wounded.
(We suggest: Patrol officers linked to the Ordóñez case were removed from the Police)
“We need to have serene strength, firmness, solidarity and support for families that already suffer today and not cause one more to suffer in our city due to acts of violence”, said the president.
López also called for common sense and said: “We respect the right to protest, but we do not want the crowds to end in a risk of disease or a security risk” and recalled that we are in a pandemic.
He pointed out that it is necessary to avoid “the risk of provocation, that was largely what happened yesterday and that risk of provocation can end in acts of undesirable violence.”
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