September 2, 2024, 2:40 PM
September 2, 2024, 2:40 PM
High-caliber weapons They were used by subjects who shot dead a man and seriously wounded “El Colla”, the alleged front man for Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset; the shooting took place on Sunday, in the community of La Enconada, in the municipality of Cotoca.
The director of the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc), Colonel Gustavo Astilla, indicated that they are investigating which other people are involved in the shooting, which claimed the life of one man and seriously injured another.
He announced that he They handle several hypotheses, which are seeking to be corroborated in the case being investigated by both the Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, for the crime of murder.
Astilla confirmed that the hitmen used rifles, high-caliber 5.56 millimeter weapons, with which they opened fire against the vehicle in which they were traveling. Erlan Ivar García, alias “El Colla” and Yermy Pastor Zampiery Suárez, 37 years old, the latter born in Beni, supposedly dedicated to livestock farming.
The police chief confirmed that there are at least three people under investigation for the murder in La Enconada. Meanwhile, the results of the first proceedings are awaited, including the forensic medical report on Zampiery and the status of “El Colla”, who is hospitalized in a private clinic in the capital of Santa Cruz.
“Have several hypotheses, we are investigating with all the staff. FromAccording to the report, they were used in this event,“5.56 caliber weapons, rifles,” said the director of Felcc.
This day, the experts carried out a search at the scene of the events, where Several shell casings were collected, blood stains were evident Along the way, we also seek to collect testimony from some people.
Astilla added that, for the moment, it is certain that there is one dead person and a second, who is injured; but there is a third person, a woman, in the vehicle.
Silvestre Ibáñez, Erlan Ivar García’s lawyer, said that his client’s prognosis is reserved and that, of the five bullet wounds he received, three are compromising.
He explained that he has wounds that damaged part of his lung, a situation for which the doctors They intubated him and kept him in intensive care; even He has not been able to give his statement of the facts because he cannot speak, due to his critical condition, the lawyer explained.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the crime of murder, seeking to find the perpetrators of the shooting that left one dead and one injured.
The vehicle, which was left with several holes after being attacked with high-calibre weapons, was sealed off and will be subjected to expert examination.
