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Iván Cepeda Castro ✔ @IvanCepedaCast
The incident reportedly took place at 3:40 in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police sources claim that Ocampo opened fire on a police patrol with a 9mm gun after refusing to submit to a search, killing a police officer. [[[[While police sources claim that the deceased was carrying pamphlets from paramilitary group Los Rastrojos, according to local media prosecutors are instead saying the papers were from the Urabeños, the country’s largest drug traffickers.]]]]] [[[[[Congressman Cepeda has taken to social networking site twitter to denounce the killing of his cousing, calling for clarification into his death.]]]]]] [[[[He stated that not only was his cousin a leftist but a peace activist, making it utterly incomprehensible as to why he would possibly be carrying leaflets for paramilitary group Los Rastrojos.]]]]
Iván Cepeda Castro ✔ @IvanCepedaCast
Mr Cepeda also said that his family had frequently been “the victims of paramilitary persecution” over the years. This further highlights the unlikelyness of his deceased cousin carrying anything that would connect him to paramilitary organisations.
Iván Cepeda Castro ✔ @IvanCepedaCast
As a recognised professor of reconcilliation issues, students and teachers in Cali have similarly taken to social networking sites to express their dismay. One tweeter informed Ivan Cepeda that a “huge march” had taken place in the city as a demonstration requesting further investigations into the death of his cousin.
Ayer marcha multitudinaria en Cali por muerte de tu primo, estudiantes y profesores @IvanCepedaCast #LaVidaEsSagrada#NiUnoMas @Valtuit
Family, friends, colleagues and students have rejected police claims, saying that when the incident took place the professor was not carrying anything that could conceal a gun or hold pamphlets. According to El Tiempo, the Arch Bishop of Cali has called for “complete clarity in connection to the deaths.”
