General Jorge Luis Vargas asserted that they have sent a Colombian police team to the border and asked other countries to search for the suspect, who apparently fled to Venezuela. Apparently, Gabriel Carlos Luis Salinas Mendoza left with money that was collected after Pecci’s death
The director of the National Police of Colombia, General Jorge Luis Vargas, announced on Wednesday, June 8, a reward of 500 million pesos -equivalent to about 132,000 dollars- for those who offer information that allows the capture of the sixth alleged person involved in the murder. of the Paraguayan anti-corruption prosecutor, Marcelo Pecci, in Cartagena.
Vargas indicated that the Colombian authorities are searching for the Venezuelan citizen Gabriel Carlos Luis Salinas Mendoza, who is allegedly linked to the crime committed on Barú Island in the coastal city, asserting that the escapee “escaped” to our territory.
“We have moved a team to the border with Venezuela and we have asked the Interpol countries to start the search. The information that the Police have is that this person fled to Venezuela with some money that would be the product of the murder of prosecutor Pecci,” said the senior officer.
According to several media outlets, Salinas Mendoza would be the one who drove the jet ski in which they arrived at the beach of Barú Island to assassinate the Paraguayan prosecutor. Apparently, this suspect fled to Venezuela with money that would be the product of the hit man.
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Likewise, General Vargas said that the five people detained for this crime were transferred from Cartagena de Indias to Bogotá, all in the midst of a strong operation, after a hearing of charges held on Monday in that city.
The director of the National Police of Colombia announced that, according to information from his counterparts in Paraguay, there was a negotiation to commit the murder against Pecci in Paraguay but since it was not achieved, the Brazilian criminal Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) ordered that it was done wherever.
The 12th Criminal Judge with the function of Control of Guarantees of Cartagena, Colombia, issued preventive detention for the five people allegedly involved in the murder of Paraguay’s anti-corruption prosecutor, Marcelo Pecci, while he was on his honeymoon with his wife on Barú Island in the aforementioned metropolis.
Authorities are investigating whether Wendel Scott Carrillo, the Venezuelan who admitted shooting Pecci, is part of the Tren de Aragua gang. The Colombian Police informed Interpol, since a sixth person involved fled to Venezuela.
With information from Infobae / Final version
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