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Raid on a gang that set up a 'toll' for robberies on the Cali bridge - Cali - Colombia

In an ambush at the entrance to a pedestrian bridge, a motorcyclist is surrounded by three armed youths who strip him of his belongings and then walk through commune 13 in Cali.

This is what is shown in one of the videos with which the Police and the Prosecutor’s Office processed the prosecution of the detainees who, between all, add up to more than 30 annotations for crimes such as homicide, theft, drug trafficking and conspiracy to commit a crime.

(Read in context: They carry out an offensive against criminality in the 15th commune of Cali)

The complaints, in reserve, about the activities of a gang that committed assaults on the bridge, the surroundings of sports centers, schools and churches in the Los Lagos and Charco Azul neighborhoods.

For six months, the National Police Intervention and Antiterrorism Unit (Unipol), as well as the Police Intelligence Section (Sipol), carried out investigative activities.

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Thus, evidence was collected of at least 56 criminal acts, 24 that have already been verified and among which are a homicide, 2 displacements, 12 thefts and 9 attempted homicides.

In four search and raid proceedings in commune 13 of Cali, the Metropolitan Police captured ‘Los del polvero’, a criminal structure dedicated to committing homicides, thefts and forced displacement in this part of the capital of the Valley.

Eight people were captured by court order, of which two will respond to the criminal responsibility system for Children and Adolescents for having committed the acts when they were minors.

A 16-year-old minor was also apprehended, another person was captured in flagrante delicto, and charges were filed against five others already deprived of their liberty.

The official statement says that they are known as ‘Gomelita’, ‘Blanquillo’, ‘Cacuero’, among others. The gang would have forced four families to leave their homes because they would have relationships with some people.

They are being investigated for conspiracy to commit a crime, aggravated homicide, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, forced displacement and illegal possession of weapons.

Those captured add up to 32 judicial annotations for crimes related to homicide, theft, drug trafficking, conspiracy to commit a crime and illegal possession of firearms.

They were handed over to the competent authority for conspiracy to commit a crime, aggravated homicide, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, forced displacement and illegal possession of firearms.

Intramural detention was imposed on five of those captured by court order, while another two and the minor were sent to a special center. The one caught in flagrante delicto remains at large, but linked to the investigation.

The Police command asks to send complaints about crime networks to the email sources.mecal@hotmail.com or contact the emergency line 123 or 156 of the Cooperating Network, where Police professionals guarantee complete confidentiality.

Explosive charge explodes on a bridge in Pailitas (Cesar) - Other Cities - Colombia

Attack on Caesar

Explosion affected ring road in this sector, which has paralyzed vehicular flow in this area

A strong explosion was recorded in the early hours of this Wednesday on the Jairo bridge, four kilometers north of Pailitas (south of Cesar).

The explosive charge affected the ring road in this sector, which has paralyzed the flow of vehicles in this area.

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“Thank God there was no loss of human life, only material damage. At this time, vehicular traffic is paralyzed,” said Eduardo Esquivel, Secretary of the Departmental Government.

Announcement of an armed strike throughout
the country propitiated by the Eln guerrilla

We reject this act of vandalism that alters the tranquility of our region. At the same time, we urge the National Army and surveillance agencies to be attentive to the situation

Since the recent attacks on the Army in Chiriguaná, Curumaní and Aguachica, the authorities have intensified operations and controls in the south of the department.

“We reject this act of vandalism that alters the tranquility of our region. At the same time, we urge the National Army and the surveillance bodies to be attentive to the situation,” the official stressed.

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This violent episode occurred in the midst of the announcement of an armed strike throughout the country promoted by the Eln guerrillas.

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Key US-Canada Bridge Reopens After Police Clear Protesters

WINDSOR, ONTARIO — The busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing reopened late Sunday after protests against COVID-19 restrictions closed it for almost a week, while Canadian officials held back from a crackdown on a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa.

Detroit International Bridge Co. said in a statement that “the Ambassador Bridge is now fully open allowing the free flow of commerce between the Canada and US economies once again.” Esther Jentzen, spokeswoman for the company, said in a later text to The Associated Press that the bridge reopened to traffic at 11 p.m. EST.

The crossing normally carries 25% of all trade between the two countries, and the blockade on the Canadian side had disrupted business in both countries, with automakers forced to shut down several assembly plants.

Police in Windsor, Ontario, said earlier in the day that more than two dozen people had been peacefully arrested, seven vehicles towed and five seized as officers cleared the last demonstrators from near the bridge, which links the city — and numerous Canadian automotive plants — with Detroit.

The protest in Ottawa, meanwhile, has paralyzed downtown, infuriated residents who are fed up with police inaction and turned up pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who presided at a Cabinet meeting late Sunday.

The demonstrations have reverberated across Canada and beyond, with similar convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned that truck convoys may be in the works in the United States.

Don Stephens, 65, a retired graphic designer, holds a sign on Parliament Hill to support trucks lined up in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions in Ottawa, Ontario, on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

The Ambassador Bridge had remained closed for most of the day despite the break up of the protest as a heavy snowstorm blanketed the area. Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens had said the span would open once authorities determined it was safe to do so.

Canada’s industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, welcomed the development, saying on Twitter: “Good news. Glad to see that the Ambassador Bridge is now reopened.”

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Sunday acknowledged the seemingly peaceful resolution to the demonstration, which it said had “widespread damaging impacts” on the “lives and livelihoods of people” on both sides of the border.

“We stand ready to support our Canadian partners wherever useful in order to ensure the restoration of the normal free flow of commerce can resume,” Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall said in a statement.

In Ottawa, which is about 500 miles northeast of Windsor, Mayor Jim Watson said Sunday the city struck a deal with protesters who have jammed downtown streets for more than two weeks that will see them move out of residential areas in the next 24 hours.

Watson said he agreed to meet with demonstrators if they confined their protest to an area around Parliament Hill and moved their trucks and other vehicles out of residential neighborhoods by noon Monday.

The mayor shared a letter from one of the protest’s organizers, Tamara Lich, in which she said demonstrators “agree with your request” to focus activities at Parliament Hill. But Lich later denied there was an agreement, saying in a tweet: “No deal has been made. End the mandates, end the passports. That is why we are here.”

Watson added in his letter to protesters that residents are “exhausted″ and “on edge” due to the demonstrations and warns that some businesses are teetering on the brink of permanent closure because of the disruptions.

The ranks of protesters had swelled to what police said were 4,000 demonstrators by Saturday, and a counter-protest of frustrated Ottawa residents attempting to block the convoy of trucks from entering the downtown emerged Sunday.

Clayton Goodwin, a 45-year-old military veteran who was among the counter-protesters, said it was time for residents to stand up against the protesters.

“I’m horrified that other veterans would be down there co-opting my flag, co-opting my service,” said Goodwin, who is the CEO of the Veterans Accountability Commission, a nonprofit advocacy group. “It’s a grift. The city was free. We’re 92% vaccinated. We’re ready to support our businesses.”

Colleen Sinclair, another counter-protester, said the demonstrators have had enough time to have their discontent heard and need to move on — with police force, if it comes down to it.

“They’re occupiers. People are scared to go to work, too scared to leave their homes,” she said. “This is not how you get your voice heard. This is domestic terrorism and we want you out of our city. Go home.”

The city has seen similar expansions of the protest on past weekends, and loud music played as people milled about downtown where anti-vaccine demonstrators have been encamped since late January, to the frustration of local residents.

“It just feels like I’m living in a different country, like I’m in the States,” said Shannon Thomas, a 32-year-old teacher. “It just makes me really sad to see all these people waving Canadian flags and acting like patriots when it’s really the most sad and embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen.”

Trudeau has so far rejected calls to use the military, but had said that “all options are on the table” to end the protests. Trudeau has called the protesters a “fringe” of Canadian society. Both federal and provincial politicians have said they can’t order police what to do.

Major-General Steve Boivin, commander of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, said Sunday that two of his special forces soldiers were supporting the protests in Ottawa and were in the “process of being released” from service. Boivin said the activity goes against the military’s values and ethics.

On Friday, a judge ordered an end to the blockade at the crossing in Windsor and Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency allowing for fines of 100,000 Canadian dollars and up to one year in jail for anyone illegally blocking roads, bridges, walkways and other critical infrastructure.

Partial closures at the bridge started on Feb. 7 and by midweek the disruption was so severe that automakers began shutting down or reducing production. The standoff came at a time when the industry is already struggling to maintain production in the face of pandemic-induced shortages of computer chips and other supply-chain disruptions.

“We are protesting the government taking away our rights,” said Windsor resident Eunice Lucas-Logan. “We want the restrictions removed. We have to wait to find out.”

The 67-year-old has been out supporting the protest for the past four days. She said she appreciated that police have been patient.

People demonstrating against COVID-19 restrictions stay warm with blankets and a fire during frigid temperatures on Wellington Street in the Parliament Hill area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

On the other side of the country, a major truck border crossing between Surrey, British Columbia, and Blaine, Washington, was closed Sunday, a day after Canadian authorities said a few vehicles had breached police barricades and a crowd entered the area by foot.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Sunday afternoon four people had been arrested for “mischief” during the protest. Some people who stayed overnight had packed up and left, but the border crossing and roads in the area remained closed.

A border blockade that began in Coutts, Alberta, north of Sweet Grass, Montana, on Jan. 29 remained in place as well. Police issued more than 50 traffic tickets Saturday and continued issuing them Sunday, RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said.

Officers also intercepted and disabled three excavators that were being brought to the protest, Savinkoff said.

“Had those made their way to the blockade, it would only have compounded the unfortunate situation we’re facing at the border,” he said.

While the protesters are decrying vaccine mandates for truckers and other COVID-19 restrictions, many of Canada’s public health measures, such as mask rules and vaccine passports for getting into restaurants and theaters, are already falling away as the omicron surge levels off.

About 90% of truckers in Canada are vaccinated, and trucker associations and many big-rig operators have denounced the protests. The U.S. has the same vaccination rule for truckers crossing the border, so it would make little difference if Trudeau lifted the restriction.

Pandemic restrictions have been far stricter there than in the U.S., but Canadians have largely supported them. The vast majority of Canadians are vaccinated, and the COVID-19 death rate is one-third that of the United States.

Meanwhile, Biden, in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt on Sunday ahead of the Super Bowl, struck a critical tone when asked about those likely to object to the mask mandate at the NFL championship game.

“I love how people talk about personal freedom,” he said. “If you’re exercising personal freedom, but you put someone else in jeopardy, their health in jeopardy, I don’t consider that being very good with freedom.”

An islet was formed near the Pumarejo bridge - Barranquilla - Colombia

The island, located on the Magdalena River, began to be used as a tourist destination.

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The island, located on the Magdalena River, began to be used as a tourist place.

A group of Barranquilla residents have already baptized it as ‘Isla Pechuga’ and use it as a beach area.

‘Isla Pechuga’ is the name given by a group of Barranquilla residents to the sand island that was formed in the Magdalena river, opposite the port area Barranquilla and that at the moment it is being taken as a place to spend a day at the beach.

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At least that is what they show, say Villy Daza and Pipe Villa, who after ‘colonizing’ and baptizing the islet, set up their beach chairs and took out their rows and proceeded to enjoy the river, sun and breeze.

These friends sent the photos to the CEO of Asoportuaria, Clemente Fajardowho has not hesitated to draw the attention of Cormagdalena.

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Fajardo is denouncing that the island that has been formed as a result of the sediment and the lack of dredging near the turning areas of ships, next to the Pumarejo bridge.

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“One more example that @Cormagdalena only reacts, and very late, to problems. He does not do studies, he does not anticipate anything and he finds out from third parties what happens in his jurisdiction, ”says Fajardo on his twitter account.

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Port of Barranquilla: alert for islets near the Pumarejo bridge - Barranquilla - Colombia

The President of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Port Association (Asoportuaria), Clement Fajardoannounced the formation of a new islet in the Magdalena River, near the Pumarejo bridge in Barranquilla.

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The concern lies in the fact that the area is a turnaround area for vessels, headed by the Barranquilla Regional Port Society (SPRB).

One more example that Cormagdalena only reacts, and very late, to problems. She does not study, she does not anticipate anything

For this reason, the director questioned the jobs of prevention and maintenance that correspond to Cormagdalena, as the authority of the tributary.

“One more example that Cormagdalena only reacts, and very late, to problems. She does not do studies, she does not anticipate anything and finds out from third parties what happens in her jurisdiction, ”said Fajardo on his Twitter account.

Due to the foregoing, the president of Asoportuaria considered that said reaction of the entity leaves as a consequence the generation of these sandbanks in the river. “In short, we have lost the capacity for wonder with Cormagdalena,” he added.

A new island was formed in the turning areas of the Magdalena River near the Pumarejo bridge, another sign that @Cormagdalena it only reacts, and very late, to problems. He does not do studies, does not anticipate anything and finds out from third parties what happens in his jurisdiction. pic.twitter.com/PcW7xbuAGX
— Clemente Fajardo (@FajardoClemente) February 9, 2022

A Warning from Practical Pilots

In turn, the Practical Pilots of the Port of Barranquilla joined this concern of the union and maintained that this fact had been warned repeatedly”.

“The Paraíso turning dock, where more than 70 percent of the vessels that arrive in Barranquilla are maneuvered, has not been properly maintained for years,” they assured.

The Paraiso turning dock, where more than 70% of the boats that arrive at BAQ are maneuvered, has not been properly maintained for years. It was seen coming and has been repeatedly warned.
– @pilotosbaq (@pilotosbaq) February 10, 2022

Other reactions on the phenomenon

Another point of view was given by the expert in Logistics and Trade International, Carlos González Bassi, who estimated that the islet near kilometer 18 of the access channel could be “a smoke screen”, in the face of “more serious” sedimentological problems.

“We cannot divert attention from the real solution: having your own dredger in the city that guarantees efficient and constant dredging. A vessel with the characteristics that work for the Barranquilla access channel would cost 7 million dollars to separate it, and the rest, approximately 18 million dollars, could be paid in stipulated terms using port considerations. Two dredgers could be bought,” González said.

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Since this phenomenon was known in the Magdalena River, Cormagdalena has not yet made an official statement on the matter.

In its most recent report on the maintenance in the Magdalena River, this entity indicated that, as of February 5, they have been removed 612,658 cubic meters of sediments, before the dredging works.

“We have a technical commission carrying out bathymetry at various points of the access channel, such as the areas from km 9 to 10 and km 19 to 21, where the evolution of Rondón Island and the associated sedimentation that may occur are monitored,” he reported. .

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School under a Delhi metro bridge provides lifeline for city's poor | outstanding | Spanish edition

Activist-teacher Satyendra Pal runs a free school under an elevated metro bridge in the Indian capital for the children of families living on the breadline.

Pal, 26, battled the brutal effects of poverty during his childhood, which almost forced him to drop out of school.

He did not give up and does not want others to surrender to poverty.

Pal runs the free education initiative because “every child deserves a chance but not everyone is privileged to get a decent education” in a country where tens of millions of impoverished children do not attend school. EFE

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Raid on a gang that set up a 'toll' for robberies on the Cali bridge - Cali - Colombia

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Port of Barranquilla: alert for islets near the Pumarejo bridge - Barranquilla - Colombia

School under a Delhi metro bridge provides lifeline for city's poor | outstanding | Spanish edition