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05.08.2021 - Riots follow deadly evacuation of land occupation in Colombia
On Monday Security forces removed peasants from their illegal occupation of the firma El Retiro, in the Cauca region. One of the peasants, Huber Samir Camayo Fajardo, who was on the sidelines of the social protest, was shot dead by the police: he was only passing through the area when he was hit by a shot fired at a distance of 60 meters. He was transferred to the University Hospital of Popayán city, where he died after surgery. A riot then broke out near the police station.
On Wednesday, the police station was again targeted, prompting intervention of the anti-riot forces (ESMAD). Hooded protestors then moved to the offices of the Mayor of Cajibío and set them on fire.
Huber‘s death follows growing reports of police, judicial and paramilitary advances against young people participating in the National Strike protests, issued by several human rights organizations.
[Sources: teleSUR, Radio Super Popayan, Anti-K, Secours Rouge]
09.09.2020 - Police killing of an unarmed lawyer repeatedly tasered for ‘not social distancing’ sparks riots that leave at least seven dead
Javier Humberto Ordonez, a 46-year-old lawyer and father of two was allegedly violating coronavirus social distancing rules (Colombia had a six-month coronavirus pandemic lockdown that began in late March, with the harsh restrictions eased two weeks ago) when he became involved in an altercation with police in the early hours of Wednesday Sept. 9 morning.
In a video posted on social media by friends who were with him, Javier can be heard shouting, “Please, no more, I’m suffocating” as two police officers continued to restrain him with their knees on his back and repeatedly tasing him. Javier was taken into police custody early on Wednesday where family members have alleged he faced more police abuse. He died in hospital soon after.
Bogota’s Mayor Claudia Lopez called the police brutality “unacceptable“, but also condemned the violence in Bogota that resulted in deaths. Colombia’s defence minister, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, said rioting had killed seven people in Bogota with more than 150 civilians and police injured across Colombia. Protesters took to the streets on Wednesday night not only in Bogota, but also in the cities of Medellin, Pereida and Ibague, attacking police stations and public transport infrastructure.
The government announced the two officers involved have been suspended pending an investigation, and an autopsy on Javier Ordonez would be carried out.
[Sources : Twitter, BBC, Caracol TV, Colombiamegusta, Liberation News, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The Sun, RT]