The video circulating on social networks about the “violent” collection of the “drop by drop” from a vendor of arepas in Cartago, Valle, was a dramatization.
Colombian News.
The video that has generated repudiation on social networks where a dramatic situation is seen between some (alleged) drop by drop and a vendor of arepas in Cartago, Valle, is acted.
For this reason, its creators explain that the video was made and disseminated in order to educate and sensitize the community about the problems of this type of loan.
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However, this type of video about daily pay can have consequences for the content creators, since, in Cartago, they warn, “part of this activity is handled by people who are little known here and many say they are from offices and bands.”
This information is not confirmed by authorities, but there have been reports of judicial investigations on this subject.
But this is not the first time they have made this type of video about drip collectors.
They warn that there is a risk in making this type of content, since in that municipality in the north of the Valley, “if violent charges, attacks and threats have occurred.”
The authorities spoke
«Taking into account the video that circulates on social networks and on public roads in the municipality of Cartago; Contact was made with the person who produced the video, who stated that it was a dramatization with the objective of educating and raising awareness in the community,” said Ever Yovanny Gómez Reyes, commander of the Valle del Cauca Police Department.
In Colombia, the people who use these credits the most are street vendors, housewives, and small and medium-sized businesses.
In addition, Gómez clarifies that “it is noteworthy that the Valle Police Department has made plans in order to counteract the crime of usury.”
This is how the National Police invites citizens to report in case of being a victim of this type of event.
Let’s hope that this type of dramatization does not lead to something that compromises the lives of those who are behind it, comments in Cartago.
The important call for the community in networks is to know how to identify when a video is not real, some do it at the beginning of the clarification.
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‘Dangerous’ loans
The “drop by drop” is one of the strongest credit methods in the country currently, it moves millions of pesos every day, but it has been denounced and evidenced in arrests made by the police and the Prosecutor’s Office, that a large part of these lenders have methods violent to recover the wallet.
In fact, homicides and injuries have been reported in the midst of these collection systems
In addition to the very high interests that are charged, for $200,000 up to 70 and 80, or even more and to pay in two or three fortnightly installments, they also establish daily charges, each week.
This motivated President Gustavo Petro to talk about taking measures and trying to “put an end” to this system, “suffocating for thousands of people.”
In Colombia, the people who use these credits the most are street vendors, housewives, and small and medium-sized businesses.
Other credits
Therefore, before the congress of the Colombian Association of Mirco; Small and Medium Enterprises, Acopi in Barranquilla in October, toHe announced the proposal: easier credits.
“It is in my interest that a cheap public credit system be applied in the country,” to support Colombian households and keep them away from the ghost of “drop by drop,” said the president.
In addition, the financial entity that would be in charge of fulfilling this mission is Banco Agrario.
With this, an alliance is sought between the State and the Colombian popular economy for its strengthening.
“It is the lever of the agricultural and industrial development of Colombia, the fundamental nuclei for the generation of wealth,” added Petro.
Although up to the present date, this proposal has not been implemented and the ‘drop by drop’ continue to lend millions of money every day in the country.
