A young man from the Embera community died amid violent events in the settlement of La Rioja in Bogotá. According to the authorities, the man was the victim of a wound in his thorax in the middle of a fight.
The events were recorded at 8:13 a.m. on August 23. The injured man was urgently transferred to the Santa Clara hospital and He died from the seriousness of the injury.
It is known that the indigenous community participated in a celebration with music and drinks that the District Administration, On repeated occasions, he had asked to be suspended.
In La Rioja, a child under 17 was also attended with a head injury that, from the outset, He refused to be transferred to a medical center.
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“We make a very important call to the Embera community to co -responsibility. It depends on them the well -being of girls and boys, but also their well -being. The care is mutual, from the district we have all the will, But we need to work hand in hand with them, with their leaders who play a very important role here ”Gustavo Quintero, Secretary of Government of Bogotá said.
The Attorney General assumed investigations to clarify the facts and Determine responsibilities in this event.
From the District Administration they pointed out that the indigenous people participated in a celebration and that, repeatedly, indigenous spokesmen were asked to suspend the party as long as it represented a risk for children and adolescents who remain in place. Also for pregnant women.
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Several of the indigenous children were transferred preventively to ICBF protection centers, some of them were evacuated because their caregivers were in a state of allication.
“Transfer of 41 girls and boys to the Amar Corabastos Center, Center Amar Mártires II and one of the centers protect. Today 28 girls, boys and adolescents were transferred to the center, to love martyrs I and II. Ten of the girls and boys who had been transferred to the center to protect the day before could not be delivered again to their caregivers, since at the time of the return they were in a state City Hall of Bogotá.
In La Rioja there are at least 519 people, of which 289 are girls, boys or adolescents.
