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Court holds Colombia police responsible for 18-year-old's death in 2019 protests

Summary by The Bogotá Post
Dilan Cruz’s mother holds a picture of him. Image credit: Inter-american Commission on Human Rights via Flickr. The Administrative Court of Cundinamarca has found the Colombian National Police responsible for the death of 18-year-old protester Dilan Cruz, who was shot by an ESMAD (riot police) officer in Bogotá during the November 2019 national strike. On November 23, 2019, Dilan Cruz was struck in the head by a bean bag round fired by Police Ca…
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Colombia Informa /Summen Latinoamericano, July 15, 2026. The Administrative Court of Cundinamarca condemned the Ministry of Defense and the National Police for the murder of Dilan Cruz, which occurred in November 2019 during mobilizations in the center of Bogotá. The Court called the crime of [...] La entrada Colombia. Justice declares the State and the Police responsible for the murder of Dilan Cruz was first published in Latin American Summary.

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The Bogotá Post broke the news on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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