September 27, 2024, 4:02 AM
September 27, 2024, 4:02 AM
In San Miguel, located 40 kilometers from San Ignacio – the capital of the Velasco province – and 361 kilometers from the capital of Santa Cruz. The bodies of citizens Juan Carlos Justiniano Suárez and Ignacio Candapuri Pachuri were found lifeless. These people had been declared missing since Wednesday, September 18.
The Police confirmed the discovery and began investigations.
The relatives reported that they left their homes on Wednesday, September 18 to move to Totaícito, a property located in the Velasco province and that belongs to the municipality of San Miguel, an area northeast of the department of Santa Cruz. In their disappearance report, the relatives revealed that They went into the mountains to carry out work related to agricultural economic activities. and the development of rural areas.
The Police were alerted by living people in the area who found the lifeless bodies near one of their properties, where they carried out agricultural work.
A group of agents from the homicide division of the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc), as well as experts from the Research, Technical and Scientific Institute of the Police University (IITCUP) They moved to the place to practice the legal removal of the two bodies.
Due to the distance, the agents plan to arrive in San Ignacio de Velasco in the early hours of this Friday. The police chief of that municipality, Colonel Dennis Montaño, confirmed the discovery of the two men, but dead. The police chief stated that It is not yet possible to give an opinion on the causes of the unfortunate event, but that investigations began with the presence of experts.
Juan Carlos Justiniano, (53) is an agricultural engineer, son of the owners of the property dedicated to livestock and agricultural crops, while Ignacio Candapuri worked with that family in that same task.
There is talk of an execution
After the discovery of the two dead men, residents let their relatives know that the death was violent. The versions indicate that they were even executed with bullet wounds, But the Police went to the scene with all their equipment to verify, remove the bodies and carry out forensic tests in order to establish with certainty the true causes of the deaths.
Iver Suárez, a veterinarian by occupation who also has a property in the area and at the same time Juan Carlos’ first cousin, He was the last person to see them shortly before their disappearance.
Relatives and representatives of the San Miguel Livestock Association and other nearby communities They carried out an intense search for the men in an attempt to find them, but their efforts were in vain. This is a moving fact that is being investigated by the Police. The authorities of that institution did not rule out any hypothesis.
Relatives of the two men are shocked for the lifeless discovery of those declared missing. The Police intensified investigations to clarify the event.
Attack by armed individuals
Police are investigating the possibility that the missing suffered an attack by armed groups of hooded land grabbers.
