August 28, 2024, 7:10 PM
August 28, 2024, 7:10 PM
The Chonchocoro prison The four defendants accused of the triple murder in the Los Yungas region will be held in the highlands of La Paz. On Wednesday afternoon, the Tenth Criminal Court of Instruction in the city of El Alto determined, in a precautionary hearing, the preventive detention of the four subjects.
According to police investigations Those responsible for the four deaths are: Omar Copaja Chuquimia, his brother Norman; Cuban citizen Yarinel Martínez Maqueira and Jorge Catalan Osinaga. According to the authorities, the four of them killed Domingo MA, José AV and Verónica.AL, from whom they stole Bs 2.8 million on Saturday night.
According to the official version, Sunday wanted to buy dollars and contacted Omar Copaja and suggested buying the US currency; however, he told him that in Los Yungas the exchange rate was cheaper and suggested they travel to that area together.
The trip was agreed, Copaja hired a minibus and took three other accompliceshis brother Norman, the bricklayer Jorge Catalán and the Cuban Yarinel Martinez; while Domingo managed to get Verónica and José, a friend of his, to accompany him.
The trip took place on Saturday, August 24 in the afternoon, and the group of seven people even stopped in La Cumbre de Los Yungas to ch’allar the trip. The next day Domingo’s family filed a missing persons report; while a community member in Los Yungas reported the discovery of three bodies in a hut on the route.
On Monday, in a quick operation it was discovered that Omar Copaja was trying to flee the country and was arrested in UyuniPotosí; the Cuban and the bricklayer were captured in a house in the city of Satélite, where the Cuban was the caretaker and Catalán worked on the construction site; while Norman Copaja was arrested in his house.
Once the four defendants were presented and made their statements before the prosecutor They hinted that the loot of Bs 2.8 million was in the house which was looked after by Martinez; then the police carried out another raid on that house and there they found the money camouflaged in nylon bags and in a backpack.
