The National Police captured a man allegedly involved in a homicide recorded this Tuesday morning in the La Cresta sector, province of Colón.
The police action was recorded between Justo Arosemena Avenue and the beginning of Calle 50, when Lynx motorized units detained a citizen who was aboard the vehicle, a white sedan, and whose description corresponds to the person suspected of a crime registered this morning. .
When the units verify it, they find that the suspect maintains an arrest warrant by the Colon Homicide Prosecutor’s Office, for the crime of attempted Homicide in the El Limón sector, registered on February 4 in said province.
The head of the police zone in Colón, Víctor Méndez, explained that eight raids had been carried out where the actions carried out by the police units led to the apprehension of a minor in the Villa del Caribe sector, required by the crime against the life and integrity of a person. (homicide recorded on January 14, 2022).
During the early hours of this Tuesday, Víctor Castillo, 42, known as “Vitito”, was murdered in the community of La Cresta, in the village of Cristóbal, on the outskirts of the city of Colón.
The man’s body was left lying outside a laundry in the area’s shopping plaza.
Initial reports indicate that the shots that caused Castillo’s death were fired from a vehicle.