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Evictions in Ciudad Bolivar: A social problem in times of pandemic. Case: Altos de la Estancia | On May 2nd the police eviction operation of an invasion neighborhood known as “Altos de La Estancia” began, located on a district property Ciudad Bolívar, where displaced by armed conflict, Venezuelans immigrants, ex-combatants from different illegal armed groups lived, among others.

Since the start of the operation, more than 300 families have been evicted, despite the parallel to this, Colombia has recorded the highest rates of contagion by COVID-19, declaring southern Bogotá on orange alert based on the risk of contagion in this area. Due to the economic crisis caused by the presence of COVID-19, the inhabitants of the area have asked the district for help, since the vast majority do not have a secure source of income, the district claims to have given guarantees to the evicted inhabitants as market subsidies and the amount needed for a month’s lease elsewhere.

The problem of evictions in this property is nothing new, for several years three eviction operatives have been carried out, the last one comes developing from the end of 2019 to mas 2 ,2020, the latter was ordered to evict the inhabitants (including minors, older adults and pregnant women) using force, these clashes against the physical integrity of some inhabitants. marianojosevimos.wixsite.com/marianovimos