The Bogotá tunnels They are one of the urban legends that resonate most in the capital of Colombia, which is nourished by a great diversity of fantastic and terrifying stories.
According to legend, it is said that in Bogotá there is an entire network of underground tunnels, which connect several of the most emblematic places in the city. It is said that some tunnels go from the Bogotá Cathedral until the church of San Francisco, others range from Congress of the republic until the Narino Palace and from the Palace to the recruiting Battalion in the martyrs square, they would also pass through the San Bartolome High School and by courthouse.
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In other stories it is commented that these tunnels would go from the Narino Palace until the Sabana railway station and they would also connect with the Lasalle Central Technical Institute.
Another of these famous tunnels is said to run from the UGI building, where the DEA office in Colombia was for a long time, to the former headquarters of the United States embassy.
It is also said that the main purpose of these tunnels was to serve as an escape for presidents, clerics and other figures in power during moments of crisis. Other stories say that during the bogotazo They were used to hide bodies of victims of this fateful event.
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Many think that the story of the tunnels is nothing more than one of the many Bogotá myths, but there are other people who firmly believe in them and some claim that they have even been in one of these tunnels and have found documents, furniture, dishes, bottles of wines and other things that would suggest that they have been used as warehouses, just as there are many versions that exist about this legend and about the places where these secret tunnels exist.
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