Bogota police embarrassed over assaulting reporters, apparent kidnapping attempt
Bogota police embarrassed over assaulting reporters, apparent kidnapping attempt
by Adriaan Alsema December 11, 2019
Bogota police were embarrassed on Tuesday after assaulting journalists and being caught red-handed allegedly trying to kidnap a woman.
Commander Brigadier General Hoover Penilla denied the woman was kidnapped and asked press “not to question everything our policemen do.”
Penilla and his department have come under tremendous criticism over a slew of human rights violations reportedly committed in attempts to repress mass anti-government protests.
On Tuesday alone, the police found itself embroiled the alleged kidnapping attempt and the assault of reporters of television networks RCN and City TV, who were covering the student protest at the National University.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/bogota-police-embarrassed-over-assaulting-reporters-apparent-kidnapping-attempt/
This is starting to sound like Argentina, Chile, Brazil before their military dictatorships.
