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The use of minors in the midst of riots at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior, in the center of Bogotá, generated concern among authorities and protection agencies, following the dissemination of videos showing adults guarding themselves behind children during clashes with the security forces. The images, captured during a day of protests led by members of the Embera community, show how some protesters placed minors on the front li…
Children were used as a human shield during protest in Bogotá, Colombia, on Wednesday, 29. The fact happened in front of the Colombian Ministry of the Interior, after an occupation of members of the Emberá people.In the video, published by the director of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), Astrid Cáceres, security forces appear at the bottom using bombs of moral effect and tear gas to contain the population. There is no excuse for…
The National Government has issued a statement regarding the protests carried out by members of the Embera Katío indigenous community in Bogotá, who have been blocking government buildings, such as the Bancol building of the Ministry of the Interior, for more than two weeks. According to official information, the demonstrations began approximately 15 days ago when a group of families—mostly women and children—initiated protests to demand the est…
Members of the Emberá Katío indigenous community blocked the entrance and exit of the Bancol building of the Ministry of the Interior on April 29, in the 8th race with 12th street in downtown Bogotá, holding more than 1,200 officials from 9:32 a.m. and for several hours, on a day that escalated into riots, vandalism and the use of children and adolescents as human shields in front of the Dialogue and Maintenance Unit of the Order of the Police. …
The director of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), Astrid Cáceres, denounced Thursday the use of minors as human shields during protests starring members of indigenous communities in downtown Bogotá. Through a video of approximately 1 minute and 35 seconds, recorded from a building of the Ministry ... The post Report use of minors as shields in indigenous protests in front of the MinInterior in Bogotá appeared first on ::Tolima On…
Nearly 1,200 people were held for several hours in government buildings in central Bogotá after a group of indigenous people engaged in riots with stones, machetes and sticks. The situation escalated to the point where it was necessary to deploy units of the UNDMO (formerly known as ESMAD) to contain the situation. Faced with the facts, the Minister of the Interior, Armando Benedetti, spoke publicly and pointed out that those responsible corresp…
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