On May 3, the kidnapping of an 11 -year -old boy was reported in the corregimiento of Potrerito, rural area of the municipality of Jamundí, Valle del Cauca. Since then, the case has generated outrage not only in the department, but also in the country.
Disseminated videos showed that the retention occurred at 7:33 pm when some hooded ones, who wore black clothes, broke the luxurious Housing of the child violently and subsequently took him with an unknown direction.
Kidnapping a minor in Jamundí. Photo:Private archive
The five criminals intimidated, with firearms to four women inside the kitchen, asking them to give them the little one.
It is at that same moment, and precisely in that area of the house, a burst of shots sounded.
Faced with the fear that some woman died at that time, those affected ran from the place looking for protection; However, one of them, who carried orange uniform, was arrested and in the midst of his despair he told the hooded: “I am doing food, see. I am an employee.”
It is there when the subjects point to the woman and tell him to be given the minor: “Let the boy, the pelaito, where the Pelao is, say that it leaves. Do not kill.”
This is a fragment of the security chamber at the time of kidnapping. Photo:Private archive
Although I was already late, the kitchen surveillance chamber that He also pointed to another housing area managed to capture the right time in which the boy in eleven years He left one of the lower plants of the house and raised his hands.
“Fast millet. Let’s go, let’s go. Put on this.”
Moments of the kidnapping of the child in Jamundí. Photo:Courtesy
In parallel to this rugged situation, the woman of the domestic service begged the hood to do not harm her: “I don’t hurt me, I have my children, don’t hurt me, I was looking at food. I’m just an employee.”
Another security camera, but on another floor of the house, allowed to see how A man dating a baby in the arms of a room.
-The camera, which points to the stairs, focuses on two men up With a weapon, balaclava and black dresses, who supervise the rooms. Then they go down quickly to the first floor.
What do the authorities say?
As soon as this case was made public, Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez, He rejected the kidnapping and pointed out that those responsible would be part of dissidents of the FARC.
“At this time, a minor is bandaged, deprived of his freedom by the criminal group Jaime Martínez Farc de Alias Bordis, “said the portfolio chief.
Besides, He offered a sum of $ 200 million for “information that allows the release of the child.” He also said he had the entire National Police to carry out “intelligence and operations work to bring back to the child’s freedom.”
The National Police has communicated that, based on the information provided, It is presumed that the minor is in the area of Villa Colombia, since that was where they left the babysitter after his own kidnapping.
General Carlos Germán Oviedo Lamprea, commander of the Cali Police, announced that the woman, after being released, He arrived in the urban area of Jamundí on Sunday morning. There he met the child’s relatives and began working with the judicial authorities, whose testimony has been crucial for the reconstruction of the facts and the progress of the investigation.
To address the situation, the police formed a special group that includes EVENTS OF OLEEL BEAUTE AND THE HIGHTS Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Directorate.
Simultaneously, in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office, a formal investigation was opened. Currently, the authorities are examining the material of video surveillance of the area and developing intelligence tasks with the aim of achieving the prompt release of the child.
“At this time we are advising the family and We are pending the demand or sum of money that this group will make”Said the officer, who indicated that the kidnapping is said that initially the initial objective was the father of the child, “But everything is a matter of research.”
Felipe Santanilla Ayala
