“I always believed that state forces acted on the provocation of the community, but today I was victim of an act that deserves losing respect for Esmad [Colombia’s riot police force]. Today I was victim of a sexual act and violence at the hands of Esmad police.”
This is part of a public statement Diana Fernanda Díaz released on social media the night of April 30.
That day, Díaz was at the protests [against the government’s tax reform] in Cali. She was at a demonstration in the Sameco area in the north of the city, her statement says, when Esmad officers charged her group of friends.