June 6, 2023, 4:00 PM
June 6, 2023, 4:00 PM
The operatives in search of Lineth Chama, the 16-year-old girl who was reported missing on May 9, 2023, they continue in search of finding it. Meanwhile, the investigations carried out during the 28 days, time in which no traces of the girl were found, the Police and the Prosecutor’s Office managed to arrest of three men linked to the disappearance and the identification of two other subjects who are fugitives
The departmental commander of the Santa Cruz Police, Colonel Erick Holguín, indicated that the progress of the investigations with relation to the disappearance of Lineth Chama, left three subjects apprehendedwho were captured by surveillance camera images and by the testimony of some people, to be the ones who They shared with the teenager on May 9, at a “party” in the area of the Ecological Cord.
The first two apprehended, known as ‘Cotín’ and ‘Chema’
“yesand they have carried out different operationsraids, searches and apprehensions of those who have had a relationship or link with the disappeared minor, since the last day she is seen by the family and events to which he shows up after leaving his home and giving no signs of life. One of these areas was the Ecological Cord, according to interviews with those who participated in the alleged party,” explained the police chief.
The first two detainees were ‘Cotín’ and ‘Chema’, one of these captured by surveillance images when he accompanied the teenager near the fourth ring. The two subjects were referred to Palmasola.
After that, a third person involved in the disappearance of Lineth Chama was identified, this one known as ‘little bug’, who was also sent to jail. “This third party confirms the hypothesis thatand the teenager participated in the alleged party where they consumed drinks and some controlled substances, in addition to allegedly abusing the minor. The Police have the hypothesis that they would have victimized and made the body disappear,” says Holguín.
The commander indicates that as long as it is not confirmed that the adolescent was victimized, the search for his whereabouts continuesthe mission is to find her alive, but in the worst case, to find the body. “The last apprehended was in an accommodation in the Villa Primero de Mayo area, after his capture we are obtaining more information on the disappearance of the adolescent,” he said.
However, ‘Diablo’ and ‘Boyka’ are the two fugitive subjects that they would also be implicated in the disappearance of Lineth Chama, but have not yet been captured.
He explained that the adolescent had dropped out of school, and was also looking for a way to leave the family, which is why one of the hypotheses handled by the Police is that she was captured by the group of people to consume drinks, but unfortunately, in the ‘party’ the participants would have sexually abused her.
“Supposedly they have taken his life, but you never lose Hope to find her alive It is important for that to locate the body, we have also fully identified all those who were part of that group with which the adolescent was seen,” he said.
Prosecutor Daniel Lobo leads different search operations in order to find the missing teenager, in the same way, they keep parents who desperately go to different areas with the hope of finding their daughter up to date on the work.
