Colombia’s national police responsible for the deaths of 11 people during two days of protests against police brutality last year, investigators conclude
Colombia’s specialized riot police, known as the ESMAD, are prohibited from carrying firearms. But other police forces that respond to demonstrations — including those following the death of Ordóñez — are armed with such weapons.for 2022, U.S. lawmakers have proposed an outright ban on any assistance to the Colombian riot police. They have also proposed withholding 5 percent of $160 million in anti-narcotics funding to Colombia unless the U.S.
Most of the thousands of police officers deployed on Sept. 9 and 10 were not members of the specialized riot police. Many of those tasked with protecting police stations were inexperienced in crowd disturbance situations, according to the report. One senior police official interviewed by the report’s authors acknowledged a “lack of foresight” once authorities learned of Ordóñez’s killing.
“It cannot be that they did all of this to defend some” stations, López wrote. “How could they stay to defend a piece of cement with blood and fire?”
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