A controversy arose this Thursday at the El Dorado International Airport, in Bogotá, after a video was released in which it is observed that an Migration official hit a traveler.
Is about Jaime Alonso Sanchez, a man who, according to what he told Blu Radio, has been working in Migration for more than 10 years. Before he worked in the Chancellery. “I am a 25-year-old civil servant,” he recounted.
(Can read: Witness of the attack on a traveler in El Dorado tells what happened before recording)
Sánchez acknowledged that he made a mistake. “I want to apologize, it was not the way. I am a human being who makes mistakes. Unfortunately I reacted strongly and slapped and kicked him.”
According to his account, the problem with Juan Ramón Camarillo, the traveler he hit, began when one of the biometric registration machines did not work.
“The man arrives and tells me that he needs to use the machine. I tell him yes, to continue. The man comes back and tells me that it is useless. I tell him that he has to use another one,” he says.
“The man tells me: “That shit doesn’t work for an ass.” To which I tell him that if it doesn’t work for you, make the normal line. The man returns, tries to do it again and tells me: what for you It is triple…”, he continues.
I told him not to insult me anymore, that I couldn’t take his insults anymore and that was useless. she kept insulting
According to the official, the young man constantly insults him. As the argument ensued, Sánchez says, he got off the filter and went over to tell her “not to be rude.”
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In his account, he says that he went to look for a supervising policeman to solve the mishap, but he points out that the man supposedly continued with the insults. “When I arrive with a supervisor, the man at once receives me a ‘triple… is that a policeman who is he going to bring?’, to which I told him not to insult me anymore, that I could not take his insults anymore and I That was useless. He kept insulting,” he says.
After this discussion, The official admits that he kicked and slapped the traveler, who is 32 years old and traveled to Colombia to rest and reunite with his family.
“I am 32 years old, of which I have studied 30. I thought that I would become famous for being a good engineer, but it turns out that I become famous for a caveman of
@MigracionCol who attacked me. The good thing is that everything was recorded on video and I never attacked the man,” Camarillo said.
“Let’s hope that justice acts. You come to your country to try to rest and spend time with your family and from the entrance you find complacent officials and the taxi driver who notices your coastal accent and wants to charge you more,” he said. the young man.
Let’s hope that justice acts. One comes to his country to try to rest and spend time with his family and from the entrance he finds dismissive officials
Sánchez, on the other hand, assured: “I did not call him black, at any time. His color is nothing to me. I have no racism problems with anyone. I have colored friends.”
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He also said that he will accept the consequences of his aggression and that he is receiving threats in his institutional mail. “I reacted and I say it in public. I don’t know what happened to me. I am a human being, I had a difficult time feeling so attacked and I reacted like that. I am not a violent person,” he added.
Finally, he stated that Migration is trained to deal with this type of situation. “I don’t know if this happened due to fatigue. There is a lack of migration personnel, we have excessive workloads. We serve any number of flights. The mind and body get tired and that was the reaction. It will not happen again,” he concluded.
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