From the Dijín they indicated that the crimes were committed in Yotoco, Buga and Tuluá. The weapon had been used in a total of 27 criminal acts and was seized from a man in the middle of a routine search.
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During last Monday, May 23 of this year, the authorities in the municipality of Yotoco carried out the seizure of a SIG Sauer pistol-type firearm a man who was walking through this sector of Valle del Cauca.
The confiscation according to what was reported by the Dijín, was searched in the middle of a routine search.
Said seizure could have gone unnoticed, however, what the authorities managed to establish has left many shocked and dumbfounded.
They killed 24 people
Noticias Caracol spoke with Major General Fernando Murillo, Director of Dijín, who confirmed that With said firearm, at least 27 criminal acts were committed.
Of these 24 were homicides, which they had as action center in the municipalities of Yotoco, Buga and Tuluá.
The uniformed officer reported that this pistol seized last Monday, May 23, was sent to Dijín’s criminalistics studies, where they managed to identify the traceability and the homicides that were committed with it.
They verified it by the National Registry of Ballistic Identification
Murillo stressed that being able to verify said information, which was verified in the laboratories of the Dijín and the Prosecutor’s Office, will help to know the traceability and the use in criminal acts that is given to many weapons in the country.
He specified that this will be key for the implementation of the Decree 771 of 2022, signed by President Iván Duque last May and that «Regulatory of the Administrative Defense Sector», to regulate article 5 of Law 1941 of 2018 – National Registry of Ballistic Identification».
And in which your article 2.2.4.4.1. Its purpose is: «Establish criteria and guidelines for the operation of the National Registry of Ballistic Identification – RNIB, which is dealt with in article 5 of Law 1941 of 2018, which will have the information of the ballistic fingerprint of all firearms with permission of possession and carrying, and with information on the ballistic trace of the weapons linked at any time to a criminal judicial investigation.
National Registry of Ballistic Identification
This system allows the following:
- «Interoperability between the Civil Ballistic Fingerprint Information System – SIHBC and the Criminal Ballistic Fingerprint Information System – SIHBCR, through simple data and records, supported by the information obtained through the ballistic fingerprint of firearms. Under the principles of authenticity, identity, integrity, inalterability, preservation, security, storage and continuity, of the information registered there.
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