ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an urban Latin American example of state domination through forced mobility that constitutes an infraction of homeless citizens' right to dwell and occupy public urban space in the name of security and progress in the city. It focuses on the measures that would be required — beyond activism in the representational realm — to achieve mobility justice for Bogota's homeless citizens. Across multiple national contexts, scholars have documented and analyzed the forced mobilities of numerous communities, often characterized by conflict-driven movements between countries. In the context of state violence and domination of particular citizens' (im)mobilities, privileging victims' experiences is especially important, as is attending to media silences and political denials. As the incident gained public attention, rumors and later evidence emerged in mainstream media outlets that homeless citizens had subsequently been herded onto trucks in the middle of the night and moved to other cities and small towns in Colombia.
