Video | Police suffocate man in Florencia, Caquetá

In the afternoon of Thursday, a video showing several police officers went viral on social networks. cut down a man in the town of Florencia, Caquetá. What we know so far is that the events occurred yesterday, May 26, and that the person involved is said to be a soldier dressed in civilian clothes because he was not on duty.

The recording shows how one of the police officers takes the man’s neck and squeezes him while another man in uniform tries to handcuff him. The one who records, apparently a witness, shows how the subject’s face turns purple due to the pressure exerted by the patrol car on his neck..

“Look how they got it, let it go,” shouted the citizen who, as he recorded the scene, became increasingly concerned about the condition of the person involved. A woman, believed to be the detainee’s wife, is also seen trying to prevent the arrest. Finally, when the police officer frees the man, he collapses unconscious to the ground where another man in uniform continues to check that the handcuffs are already secure.

Here is the video:

As the newspaper El Tiempo reports, police sources reported that it was apparently an altercation between two soldiers at rest who, agitated, organized a fight for which the men in uniform intervened after receiving a call. at 123.

For its part, W Radio, in conversation with Colonel Óscar Lamprea, commander of the Florence police, learned that the man in uniform attacked was the Private Jhon Faiber Garatejo, which is remitted from the fact. In addition, a disciplinary investigation was opened against the men in uniform who participated in the proceedings but who remain in office.

This case arises amid strong complaints about the actions of the law enforcement agencies. According to the NGO Temblores and Indepaz, between April 28 and May 26, 60 murders were reported in the framework of the demonstrations for the national strike, 43 of the 60 murders recorded would have been the responsibility of the police.

There are 46 people with eye injuries caused by law enforcement officials. 22 victims of sexual assault and two members of the security forces murdered.

Presidential adviser Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez released a report in which it is evident 149 investigations for suspected disciplinary offenses by the national police as part of the national strike. According to the report, the complaints are divided into: 71 for abuse of power, 31 for physical assault, 10 for homicide, 15 for bodily harm, 2 for sexual harassment and 20 for other conduct.

Additional, The nation’s attorney general’s office has published a summary of disciplinary measures leading up to the national strike against the national police and public officials. According to the report, there are 78 processes that are in the preliminary stages against law enforcement officials for allegations of abuse and excess by their officials against peaceful marchers, in the more than 20 days that the protests have taken. occurred.

According to the prosecution, 54 of them are in the regions and 23 have been taken over by the supervisory body of preferential power, which means that disciplinary proceedings begin in the police, but remain at the end of the prosecutor’s office. general.

Among these cases is that of Major Jorge Mario Molano and a lieutenant of the Metropolitan Police of Ibagué for the murder of Santiago Murillo.

While the presidential adviser confirmed that in parallel 20 criminal investigations are underway at the prosecutor’s office, 34 at military criminal justice and 80 disciplinary investigations at the attorney general’s office.

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