The president sent a strong message from the United States, where he is celebrating 200 years of diplomatic relations between Washington and Bogotá
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Ivan Duque, Colombia’s president, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Colombia has an opportunity on energy exports, as other countries cut their dependence on Russian oil and gas, Duque said.
The national president expressed his congratulations after the judicial diligence that allowed finding the whereabouts of five people linked to the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci. Those captured will have to answer to justice in the city of Cartagena, where the complaint in this case was filed.
Iván Duque is in the United States to commemorate 200 years of bilateral relations between Colombia and said country, from the Andrews base in Washington, the leader spoke about the operation that led to the capture of the alleged material and intellectual authors of the murder, however, it is still not known who is the main head of the criminal organization.
From American territory, President Iván Duque Márquez assured: “in a shared work operation by the Colombian National Police, the Colombian Attorney General’s Office and also with the collaboration of the Paraguayan authorities, we have captured to all those presumed involved, including the perpetrator of the assassination of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci”.
As soon as this case became known, the Colombian president delegated a special group to advance the investigation, this delegation is headed by the commander of the National Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia. The entire intelligence and monitoring apparatus was ordered by the State, since it was a case that had to be addressed quickly.
Duque highlighted: “an intelligence operation, of meticulous work, which has allowed us to reach this criminal structure and these criminals, who will be put at the disposal of a Guarantee Control Judge”.
“Nobody is above the law” was the emphatic phrase with which the head of government described this important operation that was carried out in the city of Medellín, Duque left It is clear that everything has been carried out in a thorough manner and the entire State body is available to advance on the issues that remain to be clarified.
From Paraguay they have exalted the operation by the Colombian authorities and assure that the law in this country does comply, meanwhile, it is expected that there will be a sentence imposed according to the weight of these facts. The President of the Republic sent a message of consolation to Pecci’s relatives and was forceful in affirming that justice will act forcefully.
In his statement, the high-ranking president expressed: “Our solidarity with the family of Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci and with all the Paraguayan people, we believe that with this important step, this horrendous crime will be clarified, in every sense, and all those who participated in it will get what they deserve” .
President Iván Duque Márquez speaks about the arrests in the Pecci case.
How the plan was carried out
RCN Newsobtained the material that demonstrates the involvement of at least six people in this fateful crime, the murder was forged in the municipality of Envigado, a jurisdiction belonging to the metropolitan region of Medellín. The planning meetings would have been held in the retail market square of this municipality.
From this city the delegations began to travel to the city of Cartagena, capital where the attack was perpetrated. There were three routes that were used to avoid raising suspicions, however, all of them had the coastal city as their destination; there, a woman and a man made reservations at the exclusive hotel, the idea was to closely and continuously monitor Pecci.
Car rental, apartments and hotels were some of the movements carried out by the murderers, among those captured would also be the perpetrator of the crime. For the death of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, 150,000 dollars would have been paid by a high-profile criminal, the authorities of the two countries continue with the proceedings to determine who gave the order to carry out the homicide of the Paraguayan official< /b>.