On a bridge of the Vía Alterna, northeastern sector of Santa Marta, clashes have become a habit with stick and machete among youth who belong to gangs.
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At any time of the day and night they meet in the middle of the road and attack each other for several hours.
These acts of violence prevent the entry and exit of cargo vehicles from the Santa Marta Port and they generate big traffic jams, as recorded in videos broadcast by the community.
Likewise, the residents of the surrounding neighborhoods remain full of panic every time these brawls occur.
And it is that many times the stones thrown in the middle of the fight are going to hit the houses, whose roofs end up affected.
This Wednesday, he presented one of the clashes stronger than so far this year. Not even the police could control the rain of stones thrown by the young people on each side.
For this reason, the intervention of the Mobile Anti-riot Squad was necessary, which with tear gas was able to achieve a return to tranquility in the area and enable the passage of vehicles.
At a Vía Alterna Bridge, more than 100 young people gather to face stones and machetes. This situation has become a serious public order problem that puts the lives of residents in the area at risk and also interrupts mobility. pic.twitter.com/Qy38n7qcgF
– Roger Urieles (@Rogeruv) March 3, 2022
We are investigating to establish who are the organizers of these fights. We are going to prosecute them
However, in that intervention, three police officers were injuredaccording to the report of the commander of the Metropolitan Police, Colonel Jesús de los Reyes.
The senior officer commented that these young people meet through social networks to later attack each other.
“We are investigating to establish who are the organizers of these fights. We are going to prosecute them,” said Colonel de los Reyes, who also invited parents to exercise greater control over their children to prevent them from participating in these street brawls.
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Young people do not go to class
The public institution in the area ran out of quotas, and this directly affected the youth population
Richard Olmos, ward leader caribbean wavesassures that the majority of these adolescents, among whom are minors, do not even attend school.
“The public institution in the area ran out of quotas, and that directly affected the youth population, which in a large part decided to stop studying since the pandemic and continues to dedicate their time to leisure, drug addiction and other scourges,” noted the civic leader.
Olmos requested the Mayor social, cultural projects and educational for these communities, as a strategy for the resocialization of young people.
“This is not about prosecuting or hitting those involved. It is necessary to go further and provide them with extensive assistance so that they straighten their path and become useful people to society”, the man pointed out.
Roger Urieles
For the time
Santa Marta
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