Two mans were shot dead On Thursday night in the northern area of Santa Cruz, they circulated aboard a high -end Lexus wagon. The victims were identified as Leonardo Vaca Díez Gentile and Harold Méndez, the latter was imprisoned in Palmasola for an alleged scam in the sale of a property.
In addition, it was confirmed that the luxurious vehicle, with a 6414-kfd plate, in which these two victims were It was used to kidnap Erick Roberto Baeza Achá, who is still missing since July 29.
The crime occurred at 7:25 p.m. on Thursday in a street on Cristo Redentor Avenue, between fourth and fifth ring, where neighbors listeningn Rapagas of shots that confused with fireworks. Harold Méndez’s body was found in the companion’s seat, while Leonardo Vaca Díez was found a few meters from the vehicle, which ended with multiple drilling in doors and windshield.
Harold Méndez’s lawyer, Daniel Vidal, confirmed the identity of his defendant and said that had been with him hours before crime In an audience.
“I am Mr. Harold Méndez’s personal lawyer. I was with him in the afternoon and we have this sad news of this reproachable act. Today I saw him at five in the afternoon, we left the Felcc of an audience without relevance and he told me that he was going to his house in the North neighborhood, ”Vidal said.
The lawyer also clarified that The Lexus vehicle did not belong to Méndez, Since he only traveled as a passenger to go home, located near the place where he was riddled. He said Leonardo Vaca Díez Gentile, with whom his client was at the time of the attack.
Criminal record
Harold Méndez was imprisoned in Palmasola for the AGRADO ESTELIONATO CRIMEafter being denounced for the alleged sale of a property in the Las Mercedes condominium.
According to the complaint, in November 2024 The victim paid $ 150,000 for a property that Harold Méndez previously sold to another person.
“He had a scam process, he was detained, and was publicly, for a subject of a house sale. He was detained for a month and a half, until February of this year. He left more or less 6 months ago (from jail) and had no other process,” said the lawyer.
The mother, sister and couple of Méndez arrived at the site of the crime, who They were taken to police units to provide information about the victim’s latest movements.
HOSPAINED HOR
For his part, the commander of the Santa Cruz Police, Raúl Rojas, confirmed that the luxurious wagon in which these two victims were It was used to kidnap businessman Erick Roberto Baeza Achá, which occurred on July 29 in the Las Palmas neighborhood of the Cruz Cruz.
“The vehicle where these two victimized people would have been would be a Lexus wagon, which is the same vehicle in which It had been plagiarized In the first instance, Lord (Roberto) Baeza, a fact that had raised in recent days, ”he said.
Given this fact, the police formed a Multidisciplinary Commission to investigate this double murder and establish the links with the kidnapping of Baeza, who has already disappeared three weeks.
In addition, the police now investigate The background of the second victimwhile the bodies were transferred to the morgue of the Pampa of the island so that the forensic exams that determine the cause of the deaths are practiced.
The double murder adds to a Violent facts in Santa Cruz, among them a triple murder and several kidnappings that occurred in recent weeks, which reinforces the police hypothesis about The presence of international organized crime bands in the country.
