The victims are Professor Kerlin Murillo and her two children who ended up hospitalized for assaults, which the Attorney General’s Office is investigating, whether they were due to discrimination and whether adults incited other children to assault their classmates in Boyacá.
Colombian News.
In Paya, Boyacá, one of the most serious alleged cases of racism in recent years in the country would have been registered, because they physically and apparently sexually assaulted two minors, all so that their mother, teacher Kerlin Murillo, would not go ” the English teacher for being black”, she denounced herself, and also, it happened in an educational institution.
The case was revealed by Semana this weekend, but it was not until this Monday, when the authorities in the country began to speak out.
The Attorney General’s Office responded that it is investigating the case and that “we reject any discriminatory act.”
“They didn’t want me to be the English teacher, because I was black”: Professor Kerlin Murrillo.
From what is known so far, this fact would have several crimes, further aggravated by the alleged sexual abuse of one of the teacher’s children, a child under 6 years of age.
The harassment to which they were subjected and the various physical injuries they suffered.
According to Semana, who saw reports and photos, the children ended up hospitalized. “They even put urine in the mouth” of one of them, revealed Professor Murillo.
Among the aggravating factors, is that the sexual abuse and assaults on minors were committed by other minors allegedly incited by adults, it is not clear if their parents or the teachers themselves.
The same singer Goyo, from Chocquibtown, spoke out and asked, not remain silent about what happened:
And why should we SHUT UP? WHY ? Who are the resentful? Who? INDOLENT ??? pic.twitter.com/oGgIWiY6TU
— Goyo ??✊? (@GOYOCQT) December 5, 2022
The teacher won the position after participating in a contest, so she moved with her children to the municipality of Paya.
She denounced that her companions, “They didn’t want me to be the English teacher, because I’m black.”
For all the black children who suffer racism and racial discrimination, we promise that this terrible crime will not go unpunished!
It may be the last thing we do, but everyone involved is going to jail. @FiscaliaCol We demand immediate arrest warrants. #BoyacaRacista pic.twitter.com/wjc3nTOCFy
— Ali Bantu Ashanti (@bantuashanti) December 3, 2022
The rector, teachers, students and a councilor were accomplices of torture, abusive carnal act, conspiracy to commit a crime, acts of racism. We invite you to reject this barbarism that some dare to deny as something of the past. https://t.co/iBBNs4YKO6 pic.twitter.com/Vw3P8ljgyu
— Ali Bantu Ashanti (@bantuashanti) December 3, 2022
