community confrontation with Police in Riohacha

According to witnesses, the players were apparently betting a million pesos per game and did not want to leave; a group of them were asking for revenge. The Police arrived at the scene and evacuated the people who were there.which was closed.

The commander of the Guajira Police, Colonel Edinson Montaña, relates that, apparently, the losers were not satisfied, they went on motorcycles to look for those who won at their house and shot them in front of the residence.

“The Police arrive around 4:30 in the morning, when the shots have passed and they are there checking, because they always find one that is vanilla. I think the guys thought it was the family that had come out and they got out and started shooting at the police, who also shot,” said the senior officer.

After the crossfire between the Police and a group of people, each one took their own turn. However, the Police were alerted again when they began to receive reports of several injured in different healthcare centersamong those the Cedes Clinic, where a patrol went.

After 6 a.m. this Monday, members of the clinic reported the death of the soldier to his relatives, who in the midst of their pain remembered the previous exchange of gunfire with the Police in which he would have been injured, so they ended up lashing out. against the group of uniformed officers who were at the scene.

In the riot, a motorcycle fell to the ground, revealing two knives that were taken, apparently by the soldier’s brother and tried to attack a uniformed man.

“The police officer does not want to hit him and fires a warning shot at his side, which ricochets and hits the assistant, who is the sister of the deceased, who was resting and was informed that her brother was in the clinic and “He went to see him,” explained the Police commander.

The assistant He received a bullet wound at the height of one of his legs.which did not involve any bones or arteries, so she was discharged.

The authorities reported minor damage outside the clinic and the destruction of a pressure washer belonging to a person who was outside the healthcare center, which was destroyed to attack the uniformed officers.

“It was a matter of total intolerance. With the investigations that we are carrying out, it is time to investigate what happened. Fortunately, both parties will be able to say in the future what happened and there are videos there. The CTI is handling the investigation,” said a senior official.

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In the facts, The dead soldier’s father and brother were capturedwho must respond for the crimes of attack on a public official and damage to other people’s property, after the events presented at the clinic.

The authorities are analyzing whether this case would be related to another attack recorded early this Monday in the city of Riohacha, in which a merchant was murdered.

Eliana Mejía Ospino
Special for EL TIEMPO
Riohacha