April 10, 2023, 15:06 PM
April 10, 2023, 15:06 PM
The murder of four people in the town of Santa Fe, in the municipality of San Matías, targeted local and national authorities, because the population questioned their actions because the murders that are perpetrated in the border areas of the country, mainly those that border with Brazil, are mostly not clarified and are linked to settling accounts.
The Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, indicated this Monday at a press conference that theThis violent act was not carried out due to matters related to drug traffickingbut for cattle theft, where the owners of the livestock retaliated on their own.
However, he recognized that there is a need reinforce the borders with greater police presence, To this end, he assured that an evaluation and studies are being carried out to allocate more police officers to all border municipalities.
“NWe need to reinforce the police presence not only in San Matías, but in all the neighboring municipalities within the national territory. We have already pissued to the general in charge of planning and operations a plan to reinforce all the neighboring municipalities that the Plurinational State of Bolivia has,” stressed Del Castillo, although he assured that in recent times doubled the number of uniformed officers in San Matías, Puerto Suárez and Puerto Quijarreither.
He made it clear that the last act of blood recorded in Santa Fe, municipality of San Matías, It has nothing to do with drug trafficking, but with cattle rustling. “LUnfortunately, the owners of the asset have carried out justice by own hand; The Police have managed to identify who has percussed the firearms, we have apprehended in this case,” said the minister.
He recalled that the work carried out by Police investigators requires a greater effort, since the communities in the region, where violent acts are reported, are in remote areas. “Based on technical and expert work We are going to work harder to provide greater security and guarantee,” he said.
For his part, the departmental commander of the Police in Santa Cruz, Colonel Érick Holguín, indicated that the police officers assigned to these regions are changed every 15 days, in addition, he did not rule out that the number of uniformed officers will also increase, for which instructions are awaited. superiors.
About him murder of the four men and one woman, said that Currently there is a person under arrest who was brought to the attention of the Public Ministry, accused of being the author of the murder. The man was identified as Freddy Antonio Gaite Vaca, who was recognized by two minors who hid when they killed his relatives,
