A Cicpc team opened an investigation aimed at clarifying the death from mechanical asphyxiation of two teenagers that occurred in the last few hours. They presume that both were enrolled in viral challenges. One of these deaths occurred last Wednesday at the residence of a 13-year-old teenager located on Neptalí Quintero Avenue, Guasdualito (Apure).
The teenager “presumably would have carried out the ill-defined and prohibited viral challenges (…) leading to the unfortunate fact of losing her life,” Ramón Cabeza, Secretary of Citizen Security of the Apure state, reported in a publication.
The minor was studying at the Carlos Alexis Gómez Educational Complex, located in Guasdualito where “she was a dedicated student, well behaved in her studies and had no conflicts in the environment of the institution,” added the official, who clarified that the teenager lived with her grandmother, since her parents are based in Colombia and Ecuador.
“The unfortunate case that occurred adds one more fateful event, as a result of the non-cultural, non-own practices, of the viral challenges,” commented Cabeza, who indicated that his office “has been directed to reinforce the preventive actions and tasks that are in coordination with the Single Authority of Education and the Preventive Front in the state of Apure.”
That same Wednesday, November 5, the death of a 9-year-old boy was reported, an event that occurred inside his residence located in the Buena Vista sector, 8th street, house without number, Santa Bárbara del Zulia. When the mother arrived home, the eldest son told her that his little brother was asleep in his room. The mother entered the room and found the child’s body. Cicpc agents lifted the body and began investigations with interrogations of the deceased’s brother, among others.
