There is dismay over this murder. The authorities offer a reward to catch the thieves.
News Bogota.
Miller Stiven Falla was a young soccer player from the Andinos club, a subsidiary team of América de Cali, in the city of Bogotá.
He was only 15 years old and had great aspirations to one day become a player in the scarlet draw. However, this illusion was taken from him by two criminals who, by stealing his cell phone, took his life with a shot.
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The teenager’s father said that his son went to a shopping center to share with two other young women. “They were going to eat ice cream,” Miller’s father revealed.
On the way home at around 8 pm on Saturday, April 2, they were intercepted by two subjects with a foreign accent.
On a street in the Patio Bonito neighborhood of the town of Kennedy, the thieves intimidated them into handing over their cell phones.
The father of the victim relates that his son did not resist giving up his belongings. «When they told my son, ‘pass the cell phone’, he passed it to them. I had told him: ‘he never opposes for a cell phone’. When my son lifted his shirt to pass the cell phone to the Venezuelan, he, miserably and vilely, without saying anything, shot him », he said.
Badly wounded, Miller was taken to the Bogotá West Clinichealth center where he arrived without vital signs.
For their part, the criminals fled the scene of the events and at this time they are being sought by the authorities.
Reward
To find those responsible for this murder, the Bogotá mayor’s office has offered a reward of 20 million pesos:
Presumably foreign criminals, according to witnesses, murdered 15-year-old Miller Falla, who did not even resist the theft of his cell phone. We are offering a $20 million reward to bring these criminals to justice. To his family all our solidarity. https://t.co/ABwyKeldJ1
– Claudia López Hernández (@ClaudiaLopez) April 4, 2022
Defense Minister Eduardo Molano warned that this death will not go unpunished.
“I gave instructions to the National Police to capture those responsible, to apply a severe penalty of the #CitizenSecurity Law,” said the presidential cabinet official.
The death of the young athlete Miller Stiven Falla at the hands of bandits for stealing his cell phone in Bogotá, will not go unpunished. Condolences to his family. I gave instructions to @PoliceColombia to capture those responsible, that a severe penalty of the #CitizenSecurityLaw.
– Diego Molano Aponte (@Diego_Molano) April 4, 2022
‘Scarlet Box’ statement
The América de Cali club issued a statement of condolences to the family of this young soccer promise.
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We regret the sensitive passing of Miller Stiven Falla, player of our Andino FC Franchise. We express our solidarity and sincere condolences to his family at this difficult time. pic.twitter.com/gxXZZdEAFs
– America of Cali (@AmericadeCali) April 4, 2022
Below is the report of these events by Snail News:
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