Controversy in Bucaramanga over councillor who proposes merchants self-defense if they are attacked by thieves

Through his Twitter account, the Bucaramanga councillor, Jaime Andrés Beltrán, invited citizens to take justice into their own hands if they are attacked by criminals, which generated controversy on social media.

The video he posted shows four people beating a suspected thief heavily in the Cabecera neighborhood.

In addition, the councilman stated that: “Because I am a pastor, I believe in authority. I believe that I must defend my family, defend my children, over anyone who wants to come and hurt.”

On social networks, a controversy arose around the words of the Councilman, some in favor and others against.

For their part, the Bucaramanga Police and Mayor's Office rejected the claims of councilman Jaime Andrés. They asked citizens to report cases of theft and not to do justice by their own hands because they could be prosecuted for the crimes of attempted murder and personal injury.

Regarding the Secretary of the Interior, Melissa Franco, he said that controls against theft are constant in Bucaramanga.

On security cameras, it was possible to record how in the Catholic church Jesús Obrero in the Diamante neighborhood of the capital of the department of Santander, a subject entered covering his face and calmly stole the cell phone with which the church masses were being transmitted.

The crime happened in the morning, it can be seen how the subject enters the church which is with its doors open but without any parishioners. The man walks quietly looking for something. He reaches the pulpit and realizes that there is a cell phone on a tripod with which they recorded and transmitted the masses of the Catholic temple in the Diamante neighborhood, then he takes it and leaves a little faster.

The thief didn't even have a scarf or any resource with which he could cover his face, he only used his shirt to cover part of his face. The fact has been widely questioned by Internet users who made the video viral and by community in the sector.

“In the videos you can see that the thief enters without any scruples, takes advantage of the fact that the temple was open and lonely... We have seen the security of the sector lately. Starting the year two thieves on a motorcycle shot a young man and now the thieves are still at large,” said Blu Inhabitants del Diamante.

For their part, the authorities have stated that they are collecting the indicated evidence that could bring them closer to the criminal who committed theft against the religious community of the Catholic Jesús Obrero.

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