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After being missing for more than a month, The body of Mayor Anderson Alberto Hernández Villar was found lifeless. The 38-year-old uniformed man He had been kidnapped on the border between Cúcuta and Venezuela last May 18th.
The body It was found in the border municipality of Arauquita, Arauca, With several gunshot wounds, as confirmed by the authorities this Tuesday, June 25.
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From the Ministry of Defense, they expressed “deep rejection for the crime of our deputy mayor Andersson Hernández, assigned to the Bucaramanga Police, and who would have been kidnapped since last May 18, in Norte de Santander, when he was on vacation. A sincere message of condolences to family and friends.”
Regarding this fact, the entity indicated that “As the rogue and cowardly actions of police murderers are, we will always respond with our criminal investigation and police intelligence capabilities to bring them to justice.””.
For his part, the director of the Police, General William Salamanca, condemned this act “in a categorical manner. Cowards have murdered a police sub-chief. He requested to enjoy his vacation period. We found out from the family that he visited Venezuela and the family lost contact with him.” From lto National Police A reward of up to 50 million pesos was offered for information to find those responsible for this homicide.
He was going to visit his father
The uniformed He had more than 20 years of service to the Police National and was currently providing his services in the CAI of the Mutis neighborhood of the Metropolitan Police of Bucaramanga. At the time of the kidnapping, on May 18, The mayor was enjoying his vacation period.
Mariela Villar, the mayor’s mother, had previously told Vanguardia that her son “He was in San Gil, Santander, visiting me, enjoying the holidays. On the day of the events, he left Cúcuta and then went to Venezuela to visit his father.”.
Anderson Alberto he traveled on a motorcycle of your property along with his partner, a Venezuelan citizen. He had agreed to meet his father in the La Parada sector, in the municipality of Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander, and from there move to the border state of Táchira.
In facts that are investigated, The couple was intercepted by armed men who proceeded to take the agent away.
“What the girlfriend told the police officer’s father was that “They put him on a truck with the motorcycle, letting her go to report what happened.”reads a Police report that Vanguardia saw.
Initially, the situation was not reported, until Anderson Alberto’s mother, Mariela Villar, informed the authorities in San Gil, on May 28, who at that time had indicated that her son would be in the power of the Eln guerrilla,“They already called the father and told him that the ELN has him on the border,” The mayor’s mother had indicated, who also at the time He had called for the life of his son to be respected.
Since then The search continued and ended with the discovery of the lifeless body.
As a special feature, The uniformed man had the National Police shield tattooed on one of his arms, Therefore, according to the authorities, it would have generated possible attention in this border sector. In that area they have identified the interference of the “Urbano Carlos Germán Velasco Villamizar” front of the ELN.
Anderson Alberto He left two orphaned children, ages 11 and 9.
con information from Colpresa*
