Police said they have “very good information” to clarify the double murder that occurred on Sunday night, in front of a business on the PR-159 road, in Corozal, including the recording of security cameras located near the scene of the events.
“We have very good information in the case. We hope, we don’t know when it could be clarified, but We already have enough information that can lead us to the whereabouts of these individuals”Said the auxiliary commissioner of the Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC), coronel Manuel de Jesús Crespoin the weekly information session of the police officer of the Police, Joseph González.
The incident also left three people injured, including companions of fatalities and others not involved, confirmed by Jesús Crespo.
The Colonel stressed that they are receiving information from the citizenship, and that on Monday the interviews that were in the business during the incident continued.
The violent crime report was confirmed on Sunday night by the director of the CIC of the Police In Vega Baja, José Cruz Marrero, in an interview with The new day.
After several hours of investigation, the police identified the deceased as Joel Santiago Santos, 39, and Roberto Ortiz Matos, 42, residents of Corozal.
The police report indicated that Ortiz Matos had a file, before the authorities, by a case by the law of Armas, in 2003. De Jesús Crespo added that Santiago Santos also had a criminal record for a case of narcotics in 2001.
In a press release circulated in the morning, the police indicated that, when the agents arrived at the scene, they found the bodies of both folics “with gunshot wounds that caused death.”
“In addition, related to the same facts, a 40 -year -old woman was transported in a private vehicle to a diagnostic and treatment center for fragment of a bullet,” said the statement.
“Meanwhile, a 45 -year -old man and woman were transported by medical emergencies to a hospital institution with gunshot wounds in care,” he added.
The authorities were alerted to the incident through a call to the Emergency system 9-1-1 At about 9:20 pm
According to the uniformed, at the moment, the mobile of the facts is unknown.
Agent Arlene Fernández, attached to the Homicide Division of the Cic de Vega Baja, and the prosecutor Aileen González took over the investigation.
