On the afternoon of Tuesday, May 21, 2024, a firearm attack was reported in one of the most recognized restaurants in Valledupar. And it is that a man, who would be recognized as The Dominicanwas shot while chatting in the McDonald’s from the capital of Caesar.
The man would have entered the establishment around 3:15 pm along with a woman aboard a high-end truck, which would cost close to 600 million pesos. However, a few minutes later, The individual was intercepted by a subject wearing black clothing and a cap, who shot him twice.
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Subsequently, those present inside the restaurant called the authorities, who arrived at the scene minutes later. After the event, an ambulance took the victim to the Laura Daniela clinic in the capital of Cesar, where he was debating between life and death.
And the victim would be a well-known drug trafficker who had remained in the region for more than four years. As explained by journalist Jacobo Solano Cerchiaro, The Dominican, whose real name would be Luis Mariano Rojas Santana, has the facade of a businessman, through which he has opened restaurants, liquor stores, barbershops and shows in the region.
This man was moving through the streets of the capital of Cesar with multiple escorts, who were also transported in high-end trucks, but at the time of the attack he was alone. In addition, the attack would also be related to the complex panorama in terms of drug trafficking that is recorded in Valledupar.
Solano assured that This city has become an obligatory passage for those who transport drugs from Catatumbo to La Guajira, a situation that has unleashed a wave of crimes.. For example, before the attack on The Dominican, Two alleged criminals had been murdered at the hands of an armed commando on January 25.
However, such a situation would not have generated any fear in The Dominican, which Solano described as “ostentatious”, since he assured that he had a squad of ATVs with which he went out through the rural area of Valledupar: “He always wore several gold chains around his neck, all kinds of rings and watches,” said the journalist.
In fact, Solano made it known that Rojas Santana had a particular habit. And, apparently, when The Dominican He came to any restaurant, he ordered it to be closed, just as if he saw a woman he liked, he would send a waiter to pay his bill. For this reason, Solano assured that the alleged criminal had already suffered an attack at the Varadero restaurant in the capital of Cesar, but the authorities had “disguised” it as a robbery.
Furthermore, the journalist stated that The Dominican He would be close to multiple Vallenata music groups. In fact, the alleged drug trafficker appeared in a video clip by the group La Banda del 5, in which he was seen handing out bills.
For these reasons, On Rojas Santana there would be a price of 1,000 million pesos, a figure that the Mexican cartels would have established for months. Likewise, as explained by the local newspaper The Pilon, No one has come to ask about his state of health at the clinic where he stays in the capital of Cesar.
It should be added that Jorge Pérez, secretary of the government of Valledupar, assured that the authorities are carrying out the relevant investigations into the crime, of which few details are still known.
“The person is known as The Dominican. There is an attempted homicide and the man is at the Laura Daniela clinic fighting for his life. The aggressor was wearing a black t-shirt and cap,” the official commented once the attack was recorded.
