A demonstration led by merchants from the Santa Fe neighborhood on Caracas Street and 22nd Street. occupies the exclusive TransMilenio lane.
This resulted in a setback to the fleet and therefore winding routes were continued in both directions on Calle 26, Carrera 10 and Calle 6. 22nd Street, 19th Street, Jiménez Street and Tercer Milenio disappear. Additionally, HK54 and LK10 routes are routed via 6th Street and NQS.
But the most serious thing is that public order has been changed. A citizen had to see how primitive weapons were robbed. “The bikers were trying to steal their motorcycles and knock them over.”
It was seen that the people living on the street threatened passers-by with stones and sticks until they came to the point of escape for safety. “I saw a girl crying because her cell phone was stolen and she didn’t know how to call her mom.”
The confusion of people walking confused is impressive. They are trying to leave the industry to be safe. “There were shirtless people driving TransMilenios, they pushed motorcyclists, leaving one among ten. They were armed with stones, sticks, machetes and shaved their cell phones.” Chaos was first of all at station 22.
The paradox is that the protagonists of the show, the merchants, ask the District Administration. dialogue tables, so the Santa Fe neighborhood is a zone of peace and social inclusion.
For several months now, Barrio Santa Fe and its residents have suffered from stigma, according to traders. It is because of the different violent and operational actions of the authorities that the name of the district is associated with one of the most violent sectors of the capital.
“However, better than the bad and productive people live and work here: Shops, cafeterias, hairdressers, pharmacies, hotels, motels, residences, clothing stores, and companies have been affected by stigma and abandonment, and their sales have declined in the district, which is dealing with the current problems in this sector of the city and national organisations”.
That’s why today they invited the public, traders and workers to walk along the industry’s main roads, asking the District to create the first ‘Inclusive Peace Zone’ in the Santa Fe neighborhood. It can carry out activities between institutions and the community for the urban development of the neighborhood, the development of social programs and cultural promotion. “The idea is to transform the industry into a place of respect, inclusion and coexistence, and from this assault crimes such as the sexual exploitation of minors that greatly impact the rights of girls, boys and adolescents and society in general”.
“We’re not just a space for indulgence, sex, or booze, there are also merchants and small business people who create jobs, pay taxes and legally contribute to the city, but they judge us for being here.” Said Yesika Santamaría, representative of the Santa Fe Neighborhood Merchants Association ASOCOMERCIANTE-ZAI.
“We want to create in Bogota the first zone of peace and inclusion for culture, productivity, where we protect the work of family-headed mothers, our businesses and companies, small traders, everything from legal point of view. Today, they say that they did not commit the acts of violence themselves, but that they are spies who want to continue to damage the history of the neighborhood.
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