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The newlyweds pointed out directly to the Tourism Police from Cancun, in Mexico, and they assured that it was such a degree of mistreatment that they thought they were going to assassinate them.
The couple traveled the first week of March and, although the holidays were going very well, during the fourth night the panorama clouded and the police ruined their stay, Caracol News reported.
That day, when he arrived at his hotel after partying at a disco, Miguel Echeverri he complained about the high cost of a taxi ride.
The man told the newscast that given the alleged abuse of the taxi driver, he asked hotel officials for help. They told him that they were going to call the authorities. However, the remedy was worse than the disease.
“When the police arrive, they [los del hotel] they completely disregard and say: ‘We don’t know anything, he doesn’t want to pay.’
Colombian was arrested in Cancun
Echeverri added that he was handcuffed and loaded into a truck that ended up taking him to a police station in the tourism sector.
The tide continued to rise and what began as a simple claim turned into a judicial tsunami for tourists. The young man ended up before a civic judge
“I try to present my case, [pero] this person tells me that I have no right to speak ”.
Meanwhile – he denounces – his wife They were asking him for money to be released.
“When she arrives, they pass her in front of the judge and this man tells her: ‘The only way for me to let your husband out is for him to give me $ 300’“. They did not have that amount, said the media.
Colombian detained in Cancun thought they were going to kill him
After that request, Echeverri added that while he was held captive in the cell, about five policemen entered, threw him to the ground and kicked him several times.
His wife tried to record the scene of police abuse, but she was arrested too. After 8 hours of retention, they let them out... so that they could get the money that they demanded.
The result was regrettable: seven days incapacitated due to trauma to his ribs and arms after the beating.
Faced with the irregular case, Echeverri’s family went to the Chancellery to make the complaint. They assure that that experience cannot happen to any other tourist.
“I don’t know if it is something against the Colombians. Unfortunately, it seems that it is like a phobia, ”said Carmen Salazar, the mother of the newlywed.
More cases of abuse in Mexico against Colombians
This episode is added to the one suffered by Edwards Cabarcas, a chef from Cartagena who He reported abuse when he arrived at the Mexico City airport.
The Colombian said that that episode happened on February 26 and that, although he came to Mexico to do tourism, he was inadmissible in that country.
He maintained that he had all the documents in order at the time of entry, since he had his passport, he had his return ticket and a letter of invitation from a native Mexican. Nevertheless, He was taken to a cell where, he says, they held him for more than 10 hours in inhumane conditions.
