Post by Steven Dale
Colombia Reports is reporting that Medellin’s Metrocable Linea K has been suspended due to damage from gunfire.
It seems that recent economic troubles in Colombia coupled with increasing tensions between the La Agonia and La Divisa gangs exploded on Tuesday in a hail of bullets. The neighborhood of Santo Domingo (where Linea K exists) was essentially crippled by the warfare. Sixty people were arrested after authorities regained control of the area.
The Juan XIII Metrocable station and 3 gondolas were damaged. No word on when the transit line will re-open.
Medellin’s resurgence has been one of South America’s great feel-good stories. Let’s hope recent violence there is nothing more an aberration and not a sign of things to come.
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