Different authorities reacted to the statements of the United Nations (UN).
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UN delegates, led by Carmen Rosa Villa, made an announcement on Thursday, December 5, that has caused a stir among Colombian authorities. As explained in a report read in a video, a mission of the United Nations Organization (UN) He informed them that there are supposedly 20,000 lifeless and unidentified bodies in a hangar at the Bogotá airport, without specifying which one.
It is worth remembering that Bogotá has the airports of El Dorado, Guaimaral and Catam.
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«Colombia finds thousands of unidentified bodies, in the soil, subsoil, but also in vaults and the so-called “pools” that are in cemeteries. According to the information provided to the delegation, there are also around twenty thousand unidentified bodies in a hangar at the Bogotá airport,” the delegate read the result of the investigation carried out by the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances after his visit to Colombia.
Here, UN statements:
#ColombiaNews | Commotion over UN report: “20,000 lifeless bodies in an El Dorado hangar.” The investigation carried out by the United Nations Committee against Forced Disappearances produced this result that has caused reactions from the authorities in Colombia.
“HE… pic.twitter.com/3bvQfuciYB— TUBARCO (@tubarconews) December 6, 2024
Authorities reacted to the UN report
Due to the magnitude of what was asserted, different authorities, such as the Attorney General’s Office, the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá, the operator of the El Dorado Airport and even Legal Medicine, spoke out on the matter, distorting the report.
The Attorney General’s Office visited the 27 hangars in the concession area at the El Dorado Airport and was able to confirm that they are dedicated to “purely airport activities.”
#BogotáNow After visiting the 27 hangars that make up the concession area of the El Dorado International Airport, @PGN_COL ruled out the presence of places equipped for the conservation of human remains. pic.twitter.com/XcTRVu1qXU
— Carlos Alvarez (@bogotaampm) December 6, 2024
«Private boarding of passengers, aircraft repair and storage of equipment dedicated to ground operations»detailed the entity’s delegate.
On a recent visit to hangars @BOG_ELDORADOit was evident that there are no facilities for the conservation of human remains. The activities are typical of airport operations. Statements by Tito Perilla, advisor to the Delegate for Human Rights https://t.co/CtmA7oKe3I pic.twitter.com/kG8oeacfs7
— Attorney General’s Office (@PGN_COL) December 6, 2024
Also, Luis Fernando Galan, mayor of Bogotá, asks the un to clarify the statement presented in the report: “Let him present support, because there are no indications.”
#Bogota | “We need the United Nations to present support to affirm this situation at the airport (…) it is something very serious,” said the mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, regarding the information of 20,000 unidentified bodies at the El Dorado airport. pic.twitter.com/c8KKBmzHDy
— RCN Radio (@rcnradio) December 6, 2024
For his part, the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences assures “is unaware of the existence of said hangar and has not received requests from any authority for the study and analysis of said cases.”
🔴#ATTENTION | #Release to Public Opinion regarding the press releases related to the report presented today by the United Nations Committee on Forced Disappearances.👉https://t.co/9WkiUrww6G pic.twitter.com/rDPDgx9E1c
— Legal Medicine (Col) (@MedLegalColombi) December 5, 2024
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