They investigate a police officer who shot a young man after he tried to flee to avoid a search

They investigate a police officer who shot a young man after he tried to flee to avoid a search SOUTH AMERICAN POLITICS COLOMBIA BOGOTÁ METROPOLITAN POLICE

The authorities confirmed that investigations were launched into the death of the young Juan Diego Montoya Mercado, who died after a police officer shot him in the head, according to what he says, after he tried to evade a search on January 24 in Medellín. According to the report delivered to the media, Montoya escaped from a control operation on Carrera 39 and Calle 56 in the city, an act that seemed very strange to the police and they decided to start a chase through the city’s roads. That’s when the patrolman shot the young man in the head.

The commander of the Metropolitan Police, General Javier Josué Martín Gámez, assured that now the Prosecutor’s Office will take over the investigation of the facts and the institution is carrying out the disciplinary process to find out what happened to the young man and why the patrolman exercised this power over him. he.

For now, the Police have not given more statements in this regard and confirmed that the entire case is under investigation.

They investigate a police officer who shot a young man after he tried to flee to avoid a search POLITICS SOUTH AMERICA COLOMBIA POLICE OF COLOMBIA

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A few days ago, the Trans Community Network denounced a series of alleged police abuses towards two trans women at the Antonio Nariño Police Station. General Eliécer Camacho, commander of the Bogotá Police, assured that a disciplinary investigation has already been initiated to clarify the facts and apply the corresponding sanction.

“At the moment of knowing the complaint from the command of the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá (Mebog) it was ordered to start the corresponding disciplinary investigation”, Camacho asserted. Likewise, he emphasized that the institution openly rejects any act of abuse or discrimination. “We have arranged all our human and technical capacities so that the authorities, through due process, can clarify the facts,” he added.

The District Secretary of Government also rejected the facts and assured that, “The District deployed an inter-institutional team, in coordination with the control entities, to guarantee the attention and carry out the accompaniment of the victims.” The entity highlighted that in order to support the investigations and establish commitments, they went to the scene accompanied by the Prosecutor’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office, the Ombudsman’s Office and the Personería de Bogotá.

In front of the victims, the Women’s Secretariat accompanied, through the Purple Line, “to provide psychosocial care and legal advice”. In turn, the day the events occurred, an ambulance and medical personnel were available to assess the health status of the trans women, which is positive”, confirmed the entity.

Even the mayor Claudia López referred to it on her Twitter account and rejected the case of abuse and discrimination. “We have been working hand in hand for 2 years to avoid these events, guarantee your rights and expand opportunities. The entire inter-institutional team in Bogotá is at the forefront of care and investigation,” said the president in the trill.

The events occurred on January 4 of this year. “The two trans women have suffered inhuman and degrading treatment by the Police and other inmates because of their gender identity”, affirmed the community network in the complaint. The document also indicates that the soldiers never respected their identities because, while they were incarcerated, they treated them like “men”, “violos” Y “faggots”.

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