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In the Prosecutor’s Office, the making of substantive decisions against the uniformed men linked to the police procedure after which Javier Ordóñez died at dawn on Wednesday is imminent.
Official sources indicated that the prosecutors in the case already have in their possession the autopsy performed on the victim’s body, which together with the testimonies of several people, including those in uniform, will result in judicial decisions.
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In fact, on the disciplinary side yesterday the Defense Minister, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, confirmed that the two uniformed men who carried out the aggression They were summoned to a disciplinary trial for abuse of authority and murder. Likewise, it pointed out that five other police officers were suspended to investigate whether they acted with omission in the middle of the aggression of which Javier Ordóñez was the victim.
“As soon as the Prosecutor’s Office issues the arrest warrant or imputes charges, they will be dismissed. For now, they are suspended from their post, ”a police officer told EL TIEMPO.
As soon as the Prosecutor’s Office issues the arrest warrant or imputes charges, they will be dismissed. For now, they are suspended from office
The investigation remains in the hands of the General Prosecutor’s Office, although if any of the lawyers for the uniformed men requests that it be transferred to the Military Criminal Justice, the case could reach the Superior Council of the Judiciary to define the collision of competences. Sources from the Prosecutor’s Office insist that for the prosecutor Francisco Barbosa the process must be maintained in the ordinary justice system.
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The prosecuting body’s experts have already reconstructed the events from the moment the police left the Villa Luz CAI to the place where the victim was with two other people. Likewise, progress is being made in the legalization of elements collected during the investigations and which must be brought before guarantees control judges.
Attorney Vadith Gómez, who represents the victim’s family, He pointed out that multiple blunt injuries were found on his body at the height of the head, shoulders and other parts of the body.
Gómez said, in dialogue with this newspaper, that there are photos that show the seriousness of what happened and the blows he presents to his face and body, which are key to demonstrate the level of aggression that would not have been limited to what was recorded in the video broadcast on social networks.
Those beatings, said the lawyer, would have occurred in the CAI of Villa Luz, when Ordóñez was in police custody. It also indicated that the victim had arrived without life at the health center, to the place to which he was transferred from there.
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The Bogota government secretary, Luis Ernesto Gómez, pointed out that Javier Ordóñez “did not die from electric shocks, but from a brutal beating at the CAI, which involved 7 policemen.”
The victim’s family delivered statements on Friday night and confirmed the version of the blows he would have received.
Mardo Ordóñez, the victim’s uncle and who spent more than 20 years in the Police as mayor, pointed out that they have not received the opinion of Legal Medicine, but that they were able to access images that would account for the beating.
“I was surprised how my nephew was”, said after regretting that his family member was attacked by the uniformed men without anyone intervening to try to stop the violent aggression. He even said that the victim has wounds on his wrists because the handcuffs they put on him during the procedure were squeezed very hard.
We ask that this be clarified, that everything comes to a successful end and that nothing will go unpunished
“We ask that this be clarified, that everything comes to a successful conclusion and that nothing will go unpunished,” said the man, after noting that they have had no information on the progress of the prosecution’s investigation.
“When these types of cases of distress occurred, we tried to appease, not encourage, and if the person attacked us, We tried to ignore him, not to match his insults, but to wait for his mood to go down ”, he stressed.
He also pointed out that he is hurt by what is happening in the institution to which he belonged and expressed that many of the uniformed persons are psychologically and emotionally unable to go out to the service and when they face situations like the one registered on Wednesday in the dawn “vent their rage with whoever comes forward.”
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He maintained that this Friday they carried out the procedures with Legal Medicine to be able to bury his loved one.
This Friday, the Minister of Defense, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, met with the Ombudsman, Carlos Camargo Assis, to define the review of the protocols of the National Police procedures and the training of the uniformed.
The defender Camargo Assis said that the training process of all the uniformed in the country on issues of human rights and International Humanitarian Law will be followed to guarantee respect for fundamental rights.
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