There is a debate about the control that a public official should have, but also how people treat them and the cases of intolerance that are on the rise. The El Dorado thing has unleashed a whole controversy, passenger and Migration agent “said things to each other.”
Colombian News.
“Nothing justifies the violence or the fact that he has attacked the passenger”, has been the almost generalized questioning after the act in which a Colombian Migration agent kicks a passenger in El Dorado, and tries to attack the person who records it and He has to withdraw his companions, but the other side of the story has also led citizens to question the passenger who admitted, having thrown a “madrazo” at the official.
Engineer Juan Ramón Camarillo, who was returning from Brazil to Colombia, was the passenger hit.
intolerance and aggression
The delay in the process to be able to enter led to a discussion that escalated, the traveler acknowledged having insulted the Migration official, but assured that “I never (physically) attacked him.”
In addition, he maintains that the aggression he received was an issue related to racism.
However, many allege that it was not racism, but an act of mutual intolerance, in which the official exceeded.
The official was calmed down by his colleagues.
The traveler was also removed from the site.
In a video that another Colombian who arrived from Brazil and who was at the Colombian Migration site, the official is seen kicking Camarillo, he tried to jump on him and the comrades intervened. Then, the government entity worker tried to avoid being recorded and slapped the traveler who was pointing her cell phone camera at her.
Another agent of the entity intervened, and although she made her partner withdraw, she told the woman: “Calm down, don’t record.”
Faced with this attitude, many questioned his tone, the form of coherence he used and that he would not have known how to handle the situation of exaltation either.
The case has already gone to internal investigation in the state institution, so far no suspension or sanctions have been announced for the person involved.
From Migration communication with the passenger to apologize, he said he will file legal action.
The woman who recorded, explained what happened and what she was a direct witness:
It is not justified but there is “a lot of rudeness”
There are opinions on both sides, which point out that in Colombia Migration in El Dorado “they mistreat travelers.”
They report that officials do not know how to clarify doubts, “they are bad faced”, that they do not know how to deal with situations of exaltation and other inconveniences with passengers.
There are many complaints about the treatment of officials,
While, on the part of the officials, the answer is “you have to put up with rudeness all the time”, they point out that there are travelers who do not meet the requirements and get upset if they cannot continue, many are asked for a document and “immediately denounce discrimination”.
In addition, the same union of Migration workers, assured that there is an overload of work and permanent stress.
Many have questioned the union’s response.
Although the union’s responses and justification have generated more controversy and even claims.
