Bogotá teacher arrested for alleged terrorism

Authorities arrested a Bogotá university teacher Friday, accusing him of supporting terrorism.

The Social Science teacher was arrested on a university in the west of Bogotá.

Colleagues, students and directors of the university tried to prevent the arrest of the teacher. After intervention of the city’s ombudsman the teacher decided to surrender to authorities.

According to university director Olga Marina Amaya, the arrested scholar never showed strange behaviour and is a dedicated teacher.

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