The Metropolitan Police of the Aburrá Valley delivered the balance of knives seized this year in the midst of its effort to guarantee coexistence, security and crime prevention through massive control plans in the city’s neighborhoods.
According to the Police, so far this year in the Aburrá Valley, 34,522 edged weapons related to behavior contrary to coexistence have been seized, of which 28,366 have been seized in Medellín. Of these, 113 edged weapons linked to crimes have been seized in the Aburrá Valley, of which 86 were registered in Medellín.
Where do the seized weapons go? The police decided to create a strategy to deliver these weapons to local artists so that they can be transformed into works, giving them “a second life and another meaning as objects of culture, which carry a message and a testimony of the power of the transformation of a community.” .
One of the city’s most iconic works in recent times was created in this way. It is the “Tree of Life”, a monument made with 27,398 knives, razors, and machetes, collected in disarmament processes in neighborhoods, which served as inputs for the teacher Leobardo Pérez to recreate a tumult of unfinished bodies and which is located on one side of the Casa de la Memoria building, in Parque Bicentenario.
It is a sculpture composed of 82 bodies of men and women that intertwine to form a tree. The work measures 6.5 meters high and 4.5 meters wide, approximately, and weighs close to two tons. It was inaugurated in 2012.
The idea is that along with the weapons they deliver to carry out works, spaces and training are also provided in the neighborhoods with young people so that they become interested in the cultural and artistic activities of their communities.
The police called on the community in general to avoid carrying these types of items and to voluntarily hand them over to the nearest Police stations or CAIs.
2023-10-09 20:22:11
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