The lifeless body of Venezuelan Víctor Anastasio Mendoza Gámez, 26, was found in the village of Llano Seco, district of Guaramito, a rural area of Cúcuta, a few meters from the border with Venezuela.
Relatives of the victim told Colombian media that the young man Venezuelan On August 12 at 1:00 in the afternoon, he was kidnapped from his home by armed men apparently from the National Liberation Army.
With the passing of days, the concern of Víctor’s father, who has dedicated his entire life to farm work, increased to the point that once his work day ended, he went out to look for his son without having results, he reported. The opinion.
On the night of August 19, the body of the Venezuelan appeared lying in the Llano Seco village.
It was a person with a blue and white shirt, dark pants, and rubber boots. He also had three tattoos, was missing a finger on his right hand and had at least nine bullet wounds.
Víctor’s father recognized the body because of several tattoos that the young man had and the marks of a shot in the leg that he had received years ago.
“He told us that he was in Banco de Arena when there was a confrontation between guerrillas and paramilitaries, he crouched down so as not to be hit by one of the bullets, but they shot him,” recalled a relative.
Even in that shooting he also lost one of his fingers and was left with injuries to part of his right hand, which were not an impediment to working daily with his father on farms, all to support his family, especially his daughter. 4 years old and a 5 year old.
Víctor’s family waits for the procedure to claim the body and bring it to Venezuela to say goodbye.
