00:00More than a thousand foreigners have left Colombia in the first three months of the government of
00:04Abelardo de la Espriella. Why have they been deported? According to an official count of the
00:08During the presidency, between August 7 and October 29, there were 812 deportations and expulsions.
00:14Of these cases, 462 were justified by the government on the grounds of national security.
00:20public order, Interpol requests, or requests from other countries. So far in November,
00:24Another 285 people have left the country in 7 operations. On November 1, the Navy
00:31They found 44 Honduran fishermen fishing illegally in the waters of San Andrés.
00:36They handed themselves over to Migration Colombia and were sent back to their country that same day.
00:40On the 4th, the president reported from Cúcuta the results of Operation Nemesis,
00:45which de la Espriella led during the early hours of the morning. There were 32 expulsions there.
00:49The largest operation took place on November 6th. Immigration, the police, and the mayor's office participated.
00:54Police in Bogotá visited 15 districts of the city and evicted 80 people: 74 men and 6 women.
01:01They were taken to the Catam military base, flown to Cúcuta on an Air Force plane, and
01:06They handed themselves over to Venezuelan authorities at the Atanasio Girardot bridge. Ten were captured.
01:11They arrived in Venezuela because they had arrest warrants in that country. That same day, in Bucaramanga,
01:16They expelled another 13 people located in inclinatos and other sectors of the city.
01:21On November 8th there were two more operations. In Cúcuta, 12 people were released and in
01:26Barranquilla and Cartagena received another 33, which were delivered in Paraguachón, La Guajira.
01:31The most recent incident occurred on November 12th, while the president was leading an operation.
01:36Regarding narcotics in Bucaramanga, the mayor's office reported the expulsion of 71 Venezuelan citizens.
01:41who were at the police station. With them, the city now has more than 230 foreigners.
01:46expelled so far this year. If you add it all up, that's close to 1,097 people who have
01:50left the country through deportation or expulsion. Although this number could be higher, since
01:55It is the sum of operations of the Presidency, Migration Colombia and the mayoral offices.
01:59Why were they expelled? The government cites theft, drug trafficking, extortion,
02:04Carrying a bladed weapon, fighting, and disrespect for authority. But many cases are based on
02:09corrective measures under the Police Code. And those measures are not sentences. Of the 80
02:14Of the people expelled from Bogotá, only three had served a sentence in Colombia. The same Migration agency...
02:19He said that a single goal is not enough to send someone off. The president
02:23He insists that people don't come to Colombia to commit crimes and has announced that these operations will arrive
02:28to more cities. For now, Migration has not published an official report after the 29th
02:32October. But these operations indicate the increase in deportations amid
02:37a new security policy from the star president.
