The Bolivian police He shot the Brazilian citizen shots this Tuesday Marcelo Freitas da Silva, 36, who He had escaped of the Center for Productive Social Reinsertion of Riberalta, in Beni, and intended to return to his country through the Amazon border.
The incident occurred in the Beniana community of Warnes, where A police operation managed to locate the fugitive. According to the preliminary report, Freitas da Silva He tried to face the uniformed with a firearm During the recapture procedure, which resulted in an exchange of shots in which he lost his life.
Freitas da Silva It was considered a high dangerous inmate. It had been arrested on August 26 in Guayaramerín, accused of participating in an armed assault on a motel, where the police kidnapped motorcycles and replicas of weapons of war allegedly used to intimidate the victims.
Your escape
The Brazilian is He escaped from Riberalta prison around 1:20 p.m. This Tuesday, taking advantage of an oversight at the closing of the penalty doors. Immediately, the police launched a public alert with the description of the fugitive, urging the population to report any sighting.
The flight activated a Police deployment in different communities of the North Amazongiven the presumption that the inmate tried to return to Brazil. Hours later, the recapture operation ended with his death in circumstances still under investigation.
The institution of the order recalled that on August 26, along with Freitas da Silva, The Brazilian Magno da Silva was captured40, who was also accused of the violent assault on the Guayaramerín motel.
To the two foreigners Two replicas of weapons of war were kidnapped, Type M4, five 9 mm caliber projectiles, two cell phones, a black Honda motorcycle and two marijuana packages with a weight of approximately half a kilo,
After this fact, the authorities They reinforced surveillance in the Guayaramerín region and Riberalta, where in recent weeks there were violent crimes attributed to groups of armed foreigners.
