‘El Colla’ continues under medical care and the investigations stall

August 1, 2024 in La Enconada, near the highway between Cotoca and Pailón, a shootout took place between two sides. The result of the confrontation was one man dead and another seriously injured. The latter is Erlan Ivar García López, known as ‘El Colla’, identified as the right-hand man of the fugitive trafficker Sebastián Marset.

Since that opportunity, the injured Erlan Ivar García receives medical attention at the Foianini clinic, under strict security measures while the investigations were stalled.

García enjoys alternative measures with house arrestwithin investigations against him for crimes of trafficking in controlled substances, legitimation of illicit profits and criminal organization.

The investigations have been carried out since July 2023 by the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (Felcn) and the Anti-Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office.

The investigation booklet indicates that on August 1, Erlan Ivar García was traveling on the highway near La Enconada in a car with license plate 6291-AFB. García López was accompanied by Yermy Pastor Zampiery Suárez and two other men, when suddenly They were intercepted by a black truck. Two armed individuals descended and opened fire, causing the instant death of Zampiery Suárez.

According to police reports, it was a crossfire because from the car where Erlan Ivar García was traveling, they also responded with bullets to his attackers who were forced to escape in an unknown direction.

The reports indicate that in the attack the Police managed to detect that from the two vehicles The exchange of fire was carried out with heavy caliber weapons.

Two people remain detained in Palmasola prison by order of justice. One is the woman who considered herself a friend of the deceased Zampiery Suárez. The woman arrived at the scene minutes after the incident and helped the injured man.

The shooting led to a mobilization aimed at clarifying things. The Felcc discovered that in La Enconada, Erlan Ivar López, had a hangar with all the comforts and a runway for seven small planes.

The hangar, the small planes and five vehicles were seized and sealed by the Prosecutor’s Office.

T-shirts that Sebastián Marset used to play for his team Los Leones de El Torno were also found. The Felcc established that on the day of the shooting Erland Ivar García was escorted by three other vehicles, including two Tikokero pilots.

Investigations indicate that a Paraguayan pilot, known as Teddy, sent two hitman brothers to Santa Cruz who already have a record of executing people in drug trafficking settlements. ‘Teddy’ and Erland García – according to the investigations – were trusted by Marset, but disputes arose over power in Bolivia. The Felcc and the Prosecutor’s Office have so far failed to receive García López’s statement that due to the shooting he is also being investigated for possession and carrying of firearms.