Strong images: Molotov bomb wounds police in Colombia 1:45
(CNN Spanish) -
A member of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (Esmad) received serious burns on Saturday night when personnel from that unit were attacked with a Molotov cocktail while responding to acts of vandalism on the South Highway in Bogotá, reported in his Twitter account the Major General of the Bogotá Metropolitan Police Óscar Antonio Gómez.
The uniformed man, who the police identified as Cristhian Calderón, was rushed to the Police General Hospital and underwent surgery in the intensive care unit on Sunday morning, Gómez said.
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Defense Minister Diego Molano affirmed on his Twitter account that there will be no impunity in this "rogue act", he warned that those responsible "are going to pay" and that is why the authorities offer a reward equivalent to US $ 13,000 to find the authors.
President Iván Duque repudiated on his Twitter account what happened to the Esmad patrolman.
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The general director of the National Police of Colombia, Major General Jorge Luis Vargas, also reacted this Sunday on his Twitter account: «Outrageous what happened with our patrolman Cristhian Calderón from #ESMAD, who was attacked by criminals with firebombs that affected his face with burns. This is not an expression of peaceful and public demonstration.
