Violent Easter Week in Barranquilla, 12 homicides were reported in the Atlantic capital

The authorities of the Atlantic capital indicated a worrying balance regarding security during Easter. According to the Barranquilla Metropolitan Police, 12 homicides were recorded in the greatest week.

They also noted that on the emergency hotlines they received approximately 24,000 calls of which at least 1,800 were to report quarrels in the 'golden gate' and surrounding municipalities.

Other worrying facts in the report was that the homicides of two women were recorded in less than 24 hours on the weekend, a situation that set off alarms in supervisory bodies and organizations that watch over the care of women.

Another violent event that occurred in the Atlantic capital was the attack of armed men who were transported on a motorcycle and who seriously injured a police uniform.

The identified uniformed man, Naudin Córdoba Mena, is in a hospital due to the impacts of firearms received by the aggressors. For their part, the authorities of Barranquilla indicated that a reward of about 30 million pesos will be available to identify and capture those responsible for this attack.

In other security news from Barranquilla, hours of tension occurred yesterday due to a message announcing an alleged shooting at the Universidad del Norte.

A message published through social networks filled students and officials of the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla with fear and confusion. The message mentioned that an alleged shooting was going to take place in the morning of Monday, April 18.

“If you consider that you are going to be useful for society, do not go this Monday, on the contrary, if you are part of the rubbish of society, I invite you to participate in the victims that will be that day,” said the trill that circulated in several messaging boxes and which hours later was deleted from Twitter.

The commander of the Metropolitan Police of Barranquilla, General Luis Hernández, spoke about this situation. He denied the messages that tried to cause panic among students: “The University is functioning as normal. We are conducting an internal investigation, we became aware of these alleged threats through social networks, and we are doing a verification to rule out any adverse situation.”

Regarding this situation, the Universidad del Norte issued a statement requesting to stop reproducing the message that alerted students on social networks: “We regret that such situations arise and we hope that the facts will be clarified, so, in a very special way, we recommend refraining from reproducing messages from which the source of information is unknown and which are suggestive, alarming and misinform our community.”

The communiqué also expressed the process carried out by the institution, noting that classes are proceeding normally: “Since the situation was identified, our protocols have been activated to strengthen the measures for admission and stay on campus, we inform the authorities to receive the necessary support in these cases and to this time, classes take place on campus, as normal.”

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