Indigenous protests in the Colombian capital violent Wednesday amid allegations that 21 refugees have died in Bogota in the past year.
According to the Bogotá Police Department, 14 police officers, 8 municipal officials and five civilians were injured in clashes between indigenous protesters and police.
It is not known how many indigenous protesters were injured because the police do not civilize ethnic Colombians.
The violence erupted in a demonstration against the inhumane living conditions of indigenous refugees in Bogotá, which reportedly claimed the lives of another 21 people in the past year.
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Wednesday’s violent explosion is the latest episode in a two-year drama that began with an upsurge in armed clashes in the provinces of Choco and Risaralda that forced some 2,000 members of indigenous communities to flee to Bogota.
The refugees set up a tent village in Bogotá National Park in October 2021 after the Bogotá government refused to allow refugees to take them in.
The local and national government took no action until May amid unrest among indigenous refugees and Bogotá citizens over the scenario in the national park.
Security forces have increased security in some of the indigenous reserves, allowing 182 of the Embera Nation’s refugees to return home.
The Bogotá government also agreed to provide shelter for those stranded in the capital.
According to indigenous representatives, 900 refugees have been transferred to La Rioja, a homeless person in central Bogotá.
However, according to Bogotá’s municipal website, La Rioja has the capacity to shelter only 260 other people and has no running water.
As a result, several more people have been displaced to the shelter and have died since May, an indigenous protester told Cambio magazine.
To add insult to injury, Bogotá’s applications corporation recently cut off electricity in La Rioja, Interior Minister Alfonso Prada said.
However, Mayor Claudia López insisted that “Bogotá stands in solidarity with the Emberas like no one else. “
“Bogotá is the town that has given shelter and humanitarian aid to the Embera for more than two years,” Lopez said, ignoring the fact that the safe shelters were homeless until May.
Bogotá police arrested two other people and published photographs of 18 suspected protesters who were the “protagonists of the Bogotá riots,” weekly Semana reported Thursday.
The Caracol television channel noted that “brave civilians defended police officers who were attacked by indigenous people,” adding that “a mother [who] did not care about carrying her son on her back. “
“Social networks were filled with videos of the riots showing the violence suffered by the police in favor of the indigenous people,” RCN TV reported.
Caracol discussed that there were also “questions” about the police, but specified which ones.
None of the aforementioned media discussed the humanitarian crisis at the refugee shelter that reportedly killed 21 indigenous refugees and sparked the protest.
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