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Seven people were killed in the last hours during the protests on Wednesday night, unleashed as a result of the case of Javier Ordóñez, who died after a fatal attack by two agents of the Bogotá Metropolitan Police.
The deaths were confirmed last night by the National Police.
(You may be interested in: The story of relatives and friends of a victim of police procedure)
The City TV Night owl spoke to families of four of the victims:
A student in Suba
Relatives of Julieth Ramírez, a 19-year-old psychology and English student, say that the young woman died from a stray bullet when she was going to a friend’s house.
“In that disorder that was in Suba La Gaitana … a stray bullet. I don’t know if it’s from the police or the thugs. They killed my daughter, “said Harold Ramírez, Julieth’s father, who called for investigations and justice.
“My friend tells me that my daughter collapsed, she came here dead,” added the father who maintained that she was not participating in the protests.
A domiciliary and a minor in Verbenal, Usaquén
Cristian Hernández was 24 years old, received a bullet impact in the face and died in the middle of a public street.
“There were real bursts,” said Liliana Buchelli, one of the women who witnessed the confrontations, referring to the police, and recounts, “Cristian was passing here, he came from work and here a bullet hits him.”
There is also information on a minor under 17, Jaider Fonseca. He received four gunshot wounds.
“Four shots … for fighting for their rights and for all young people. We are in a country where rights are not valued. For demanding our rights, they attack us,” said Luz Mari Martínez, the minor’s aunt.
Although Jaider made it to the Cardio Infantil, he did not survive. Leaves a seven-month-old baby orphaned.
(Also: They already have audios of the policemen involved in the death of a lawyer)
A domiciliary in Suba
Germán Smith Puentes, a 25-year-old domiciliary father of a seven-year-old boy, is another of the fatal victims.
“He was working. The policemen were shooting like crazy … everyone was shooting. He was precisely shot,” said one of the witnesses and indicated that Germán fell while riding a bicycle when he was hit in the head by one of the witnesses. the bullets.
Inhabitants of Suba Rincón picked him up and took him to the Suba Hospital, but the man died.
“Is that the kind of protection that Bogota citizens have? What more do they want? It was my son that they took from me. I only ask for justice for my son, who is going to give him back?” Said Graciela Valero, mother of the young man.
In Soacha
There is information on two other fatal victims in the municipality. But there are no names so far.
Night balance
According to the report of the National Police, there are 140 people injured.
In Bogotá, 45 CAIs were vandalized and another 17 set on fire. There was also damage to a CAI in Soacha and the Police Station.
There was also damage to 25 TransMilenio buses and 41 from Sitp and in the morning of this the stations of Bosa, La Despensa, León XIII, Terreros and San Mateo were closed. As reported by the company “it has not been possible to pass the buses due to the rubble that remained after the excesses of the last hours.” The operation begins in the South Portal.
There are reports of 24 injured Bogota Police, another three in Soacha and another three in Madrid.
News in development …
To continue reading:
– ‘Destroying Bogotá is not going to fix the Police’: Claudia López
– ‘We reject violence, what we seek is justice’: Javier Ordóñez’s family
BOGOTÁ – CITY TV
* With a report by Leonardo Ballesteros, Night-man of City Tv.
