Jeisson Ricardo Potoy

Around 10:30pm on June 3, 2018, Jeisson Ricardo Potoy was on the street that leads to the Central Park of Monimbó, when police and paramilitary forces opened fire against protesters who were barricaded along the periphery of the neighborhood. Jeisson was shot and the bullet entered near the lumbar region of his spine which, according to family members, perforated his liver, kidney and spleen.

After he was shot, he was beaten and dragged by his murderers. His friends tried to rescue him. The paramilitary attack on the barricades in the area nearby Monibó’s little plaza lasted from 8:00 in the evening until 3:00 in the morning on June 4.

 

 

 

“Querían hacer retroceder a los paramilitares hasta el Parque Central, pero no se percataron de que era una emboscada, pues en cada esquina del parque había hombres armados que salieron disparando en medio de la oscuridad. Los muchachos se replegaron y corrieron hacia el sur, pero Jeisson cayó abatido por un balazo en la espalda. Cuando sus compañeros se dieron cuenta que faltaba alguien, miraron hacia atrás y miraron a los paramilitares que lo venían arrastrando y golpeando. Estaba herido”

José Asunción Canales Potoy. (Hermano)