2023-04-29 06:00:08
28/04/2023
The excesses that from 4:30 in the followingnoon Regional and Las Vegas avenues were closed, at the Jaime Isaza Cadavid Polytechnic, generated a chain reaction on Friday night that collapsed mobility in the south of the Aburrá Valley.
As reported by the Medellin Mobility Secretariat, around 6:30 this Friday The blockades persisted on the eastern side of Avenida Regional and the closure in both directions on Avenida Las Vegas. However, said agency informed at 7:41 that Regional Avenue and Las Vegas Avenue are already enabled, in both directions.
Likewise, in the closed circuit television of that dependency, it might be seen that roads such as Avenida Guayabal, which connects Medellín with the southwestern area of the Aburrá Valley, also it had a strong traffic congestion, at the height of its intersection with the streets 12 south and 8 south.
It should be remembered that the chaos of this April 28 broke out when a group of protesters blocked the two roads of Avenida Regional in El Poblado, a key corridor around 4:30 in the followingnoon. that connects to the south of the Aburrá Valley with Medellín.
Through several images captured by citizens, it was captured how the protesters crossed a bus along that road, generating that hundreds of motorcycles and cars were dammed.
During the night hours, riot police were present in the area, which clashed with the protesters.
The excesses, which were accompanied by the detonation of explosive devices, also caused the Medellín Metro to be forced to close the accesses to the Poblado station during rush hour, one of the busiest terminals of that system in the south of the city.
In addition to the blockade in the Regional, acts of vandalism were also reported on Las Vegas Avenue, where hooded men were recorded attack once morest photo fine cameras.
The Medellín District Ombudsman reported that towards Friday night the balance of the day left a balance of one person injured by handling explosive devices, three people were arrested, a vandalized ticket camera, a destroyed traffic light and damage to multiple facades due to graffiti.
The protests this Friday take place as a result of the commemoration of the two years of the National Strike, which in the case of Medellín was experienced with various concentrations and marches in places such as the Tecnológico de Antioquia, in Robledo, the University of Antioquia and roads like San Juan street.
In the case of Jaime Isaza Cadavid Polytechnic it was planned that the marches They will start around 2:00 in the followingnoon.
“There is no justification in the Social State of Law to allow roads to be blocked, the lives of vehicle occupants and passers-by to be threatened, and citizen rights to be violated,” said the governor of Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria, rejecting the blockades and acts of vandalism this Friday.
“The District Ombudsman reiterates the call for the demonstration to continue to proceed peacefully,” said Pablo Murillo, assistant ombudsman of the Medellín Ombudsman.
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