Authorities are investigating a double homicide that occurred in a taxi in the Prado neighborhood of Medellín.
Medellín authorities investigate a double homicide recorded on the night of this Friday, January 2, in the Prado neighborhood, commune of La Candelaria. The discovery occurred inside a taxi-type public service vehiclewhere the bodies of a man and a woman were located with multiple gunshot wounds.
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Identification and procedures
The events became known around 10:35 p.m.after a call to the emergency line 123 alert about the situation. Upon arriving at the site, police patrols National Police confirmed that the victims, identified as Egelman De Jesús Tamayo Osorio and Luisa María Mejía Mosquerawere without vital signs.
Later, the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) of the Prosecutor’s Officein coordination with the prosecutor assigned to the case, carried out the technical inspection of the bodies and the collection of evidentiary material inside the car to begin the investigation route.
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Research lines
Currently, both the motives and the identity of those responsible are a matter of investigation. For this reason, judicial experts analyze the security cameras in the sector and collect testimonies that allow establishing the trajectory of the vehicle before the discovery.
With this case, the commune 10 (La Candelaria) register the first double homicide perpetrated in the capital of Antioquia so far this year 2026.
