A concussion keeps William Henry Mendivil Blanquicett in critical condition, in the Costa Clinic as a result of an assault of which he was a victim, by four police officers, in events that occurred last Wednesday, December 1.
The victim, who is a retired sergeant of the National Police, received multiple kicks from CAI agents Hipódromo, Soledad, as reported by their relatives. All the action was recorded in an amateur video.
The first versions of what happened indicate that the victim and his family They were chatting at the house of some friends with music and it stung, when around eleven o’clock at night, some police officers arrived to demand the identity card of the owner of the house, but she did not have it, because she had been a victim of the robbers, according to the answer.
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However, according to witnesses, one of the patrols attacked the woman and pushed her, causing Kelly Escalante Mendivil, wife of William Mendivil, intervened to reprimand the uniformed man.
“I complained to him and he insulted me and threatened,” said the woman. Immediately afterwards, William Henry Mendivil Blanquicett, upon seeing the discussion, approaches and tells the patrolman that he is a pensioner from the Police, but this only generated a airy discussion among men with heavy caliber insults.
There were a total of four policemen at the scene, including a major who gave the order that Mendivil be taken to the CAITherefore, the children of the pensioner also intervened to avoid arrest.
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“When we turned our backs they attacked my son and they broke his head with the bobbin and hit him in the back “said the victim’s wife.
It was there when William Henry runs to confront the uniformed andBetween the four of them they attack him with kicks as he falls to the floor, and they even keep hitting it as seen in the recording.
The pensioner was unconscious for which he had to be transferred to a healthcare center, and it was known that his prognosis is reserved.
The Metropolitan Police of Barranquilla, through the Colonel John Sepúlveda, operational commander, indicated that the four uniformed involved in the assault “They were separated from their positions.”
“We received complaints about a case where, apparently, some officials they exceeded their functions in the use of force. For this reason, these officials were removed from their positions and they are already within two investigations, one disciplinary and one criminal, “he said.
