at least five Firearm detonations were heard by the residents of the exclusive sector of the El Vergel neighborhood, in Ibagué, who immediately They alerted the authorities on the afternoon of Sunday, June 23.
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Upon arriving at the scene, The police found an Atlantic blue Jeep truck (valued at 325 million pesos) with bullet holes. on the left door glass that immediately left the driver dead.
The identity
Rubén Mauricio Villarraga Acosta.
Photo:Provided by authorities.
TIME investigated and established that the victim of the hitman attack was identified as Rubén Mauricio Villarraga Acosta, a 34-year-old merchant from Purificación (Tolima).
Villarraga He was driving the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon truck model 2023, with NNY655 plates.
This newspaper investigated and established that the victim had a company in Cali dedicated to mixed agricultural exploitation and livestock and retail trade carried out through the internet.
According to him According to the authorities, he was accompanied by relatives when he was approached by men who moved on a motorcycle.
This diary found that Villarraga had been charged with several crimes such as fraud, ideological falsification in a public document, and trademark falsification and for violation of another’s room. This was confirmed by local sources.
The process most recent is in criminal court 03 of the circuit with knowledge function of Ibagué for fraud and the last performance was last May 10.
Amateur video taken after the driver of the Rubicon truck was shot.
Photo:Private file.
The luxurious truck and the UNGRD
EL TIEMPO investigated and established that the Jeep worth more than 300 million is in the name of the Colombia en Acción foundation.
This entity was registered on May 16, 2002, in Pasto (Nariño). Currently, her legal representation is in charge of Ana Lucía Hernández López, who also appears in business records as executive director.
This foundation non-profit, whose reported assets exceed 1,800 million pesos, its purpose is to carry out technical activities and scientific such as forestry (formation and conservation of forests).
This diary established that the foundation has had contracts with different hospitals and health centers in Nariño to provide services in administrative mattersfinancial and even health advice.
Furthermore, TIME learned that the foundation was in a contracting process with the National Disaster Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) in 2020 to provide food package aid in Nariño and Putumayo due to the emergency generated by Covid-19, but this did not materialize.
The Police were present at the scene to inspect the body.
Photo:Supplied.
‘We are intermediaries’
EL TIEMPO communicated with Carlos López, spokesperson for the foundation, to ask him about the Villarraga link (the man murdered inside the truck) with the entity.
He assured that they They are only intermediaries in the purchase and sale of vehicles: “The foundation buys vehicles and then sells them. We serve as intermediaries and with that we make profits. That is what happened with that truck, we have nothing to do with it. We sold it but the transfer has not been completed,” said López.
Furthermore, he assured that in At the time of the events, the Jeep was already sold and it is being investigated whether the buyer was directly Rubén Villarraga or another person related to him.
This newspaper knew This is not the first time that a vehicle linked to the foundation has been involved in an incident under the magnifying glass of the authorities.
The Police carrying out the first investigations after the murder.
Photo:Provided by authorities.
The spokesperson told EL TIEMPO that, at the end of last January, another vehicle of this foundation was involved in a fight, in the city of Cali, in which a man died.
“To us The Prosecutor’s Office requested because the vehicle was still in the name of the Foundation because the transfer had not been made. In the end this ended in nothing because the Prosecutor’s Office pointed out that the Foundation had nothing to do with these events,” said López.
As for the contacts with the UNGRD the spokesperson said that they lost the contract because a politician from the region recommended to another businessman.
The authorities They are checking security cameras to find those responsible for the incident and clarify whether the circumstances that led to the death of Villarraga are related to his background.
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