Arrested for decapitation in Iquique is involved with a woman’s homicide in street situation

The crimes occurred with a day apart.

The Tarapacá Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that the one accused of decapitation at Cavancha Beach It would be related With the murder of an older adult in street in Iquique: he committed the crimes With a day of difference.

The first homicide occurred on April 30 in the Cavancha Beachwhere a body of a decapitated Venezuelan man was found and with 78 stabs. On the morning of May 1, a 64 -year -old woman was found lifeless in Liberty streets with Juan Martínez, being identified as “Juanita”, a woman in a street situation who slept in the sector years ago.

On the morning of this Saturday, May 3, the Tarapacá Prosecutor’s Office and the Iquique PDI Homicide Brigade confirmed the arrest of AHCG, A man of Buenaventura, Colombia, 27 years old with irregular immigration situation in Chile, as responsible for the first crime. The subject was apprehended at the Iquique Buse Terminal, from where he planned to escape from the country.

During his detention control hearing in the local guarantee court It was reported that the subject would be related to the murder of the older adult.

“Today, a subject of Colombian nationality, of legal age, 27, in an irregular situation in national territory, for the crime of homicide qualified of the person found deceased last April 30, in the Cavancha Park sector. In addition, we already have preliminary information that also would be involved in the second homicide of a woman in street situation on May 1 in Iquique”Daniela Campusano detailed.

Regarding how both homicides were to be related, he said that the PDI Homicide Brigade made witness of witnesses and lifting security cameras, where it was observed “how the first victim with the accused is jointly accompanied, also monitoring through the security cameras with the clothing and physical characteristics.”

The above allowed “to determine that he (the accused) was in the place of these facts, the time of arrival at the scene, the time of departure of the same,” added Campusano. To relate it to the homicide of the older adult, the material captured by security cameras and witness story was also investigated.

The head of the Iquique Homicide Brigade, Sub -prefect Cristian Sayago, said that the accused and his first victim usually met drugs in different parts of the city center.

In solitude of the Public Ministry, an extension of the detention of the subject was determined to complement the investigative folder of both crimes. The detention control hearing will be held on May 8 in the Iquique Guarantee Court.Follow us in