In less than 24 hours, the Police in the department of Cesar suffered the loss of two uniformed officers in criminal attacks, isolated events that raise the alerts of the authorities seeking to confront crime in the territory.
The most recent case was recorded last Saturday night, where deputy mayor Nazareth Enrique Amaya Castilla, 38, lost his life, who worked in the Human Talent area of the Cesar Police and had 19 years of service in the institution. police. The uniformed man was shot when he was on the terrace of his house in the Bella Vista neighborhood of this capital.
It was learned that the attack was not directed at the uniformed man, who was on rest, but at a citizen who was in the store in the area where two individuals arrived with the purpose of ending his life. However, this person noticed and fled, so one of the hitmen fired several shots and one hit the police officer who was chatting with his relatives on the terrace of his home.
Amaya was transferred to the Eduardo Arredondo Daza Hospital, La Nevada headquarters, where he died from a projectile to the chest. The man, at whom the hitman attack was directed, was wounded in one of the arms and is receiving care at a healthcare center in the city.
The Valledupar Metropolitan Police, through a statement, rejected this bloody event and regretted the loss of one of its uniformed officers who was enjoying his day of rest.
Likewise, they reported that the person who was injured, and who was the target of the criminal attack, has a criminal record for crimes such as illegal possession of firearms and drug trafficking.
“In this moment of institutional mourning, all members of the Valledupar Metropolitan Police and the Cesar Department join in solidarity with the family of Subintendant Amaya Castilla. “A Judicial Police investigative team will be supporting the investigation carried out by the Technical Investigation Corps -CTI, to identify and capture the murderer, ensuring that he will face the full weight of the law,” the statement reads.
In videos from the security cameras installed in the sector, the moment in which the hitman arrives at the scene, shoots and flees, was recorded, the face being recorded in the videos, which are in the hands of the investigators who are searching by sky and land. to the uniformed criminal.
ON THE TRACK OF THE HITMAN
Colonel Alex Durán, commander of the Valledupar Metropolitan Police, regretted what happened and announced tough security strategies to clarify the facts and find the murderers.
“Immediately the news became known, in the municipality of Valledupar the Candado Plan was activated in search of the hitman, who was traveling on a black Suzuki motorcycle. This subject arrived at a store in the Bella Vista neighborhood and without saying a word he shot a subject who was having a conversation there, who skillfully fled and evaded the shots, one of which hit the deputy mayor who was a few meters away from him. place in front of his home,” Colonel Durán reiterated.
$10 MILLION REWARD FOR THE CRIMINAL
Jorge Pérez, Secretary of Government in Valledupar, announced a reward of up to 10 million pesos from the Municipal Administration, for accurate information that allows finding the location of the murderer. “We are coordinating with the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Sijin of the National Police to clarify this unfortunate fact.
As you may remember, last Friday, patrolman Brayan Andrés Mojica Santos, of the Dijin, was also shot dead in an attack in the district of Santa Isabel, jurisdiction of Curumaní, an event in which deputy mayor César Silva was also injured. Both uniformed, they carried out intelligence work in the rural area of Curumaní where interference by armed groups outside the law occurs.
