The prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, together with his wife Claudia Aguilera
Four of the five suspects arrested in Colombia for the crime of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was shot dead on May 10 on the private beach of Barú, near Cartagena, accepted the charges of aggravated murder and the manufacture, trafficking and possession of firearms.
The news agency reportedAssociated Press a prosecutor who requested that his identity remain anonymous because he is not authorized to speak to the press.
One of them, the Venezuelan Wender Scott Carrillothat would have been fired the gun. While, Francisco Luis Correa Galeanowho would take care of the logistics and financing, he was the only one who insisted on his innocence.
The five people were captured on Friday in Medellín, in the north-west of the country, where they had taken refuge in two houses where a firearm was found. Colombia has offered up to $ 500,000 in prizes for information.
“In a joint operation of the Colombian National Police, the Colombian Attorney General’s Office and with the collaboration of the Paraguayan authorities, we’ve caught everyone suspected of being involvedincluding the perpetrator of the assassination of the prosecutor Marcelo Pecci “, Colombian President Iván Duque announced from Washington.
The transfer of the body of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci. AFP photo
The hypothesis of the Colombian authorities suggests that the crime is linked to the investigations carried out by Pecci against international terrorism. More precisely, the prosecutor was investigating the criminal organization Primer Comando Capital, originally from Brazil and present in Paraguay, and also participated in the “A Ultranza PY” operation, against the drug trafficking in Europe.
The hearing was held under reservation due to several threats reported by the judge in the case in Colombia. One of the defendants did “threatening demonstrations”, as he stated on Friday during another hearing.
The crime of the Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci
Pecci, a well-known Paraguayan anti-Mafia prosecutor, was shot dead on May 10 on a beach in Barú, near Cartagena de Indias, where he traveled for his honeymoon with his wife, Paraguayan journalist Claudia Aguilera.
He was a specialized prosecutor against organized crime and experienced in the anti-drug trafficking, money laundering and terrorist financing units of the Paraguayan Public Prosecutor.
In his country he had participated a series of high-profile casessuch as Operation A Ultranza, which investigated a colossal drug trafficking and money laundering scheme in the neighboring country, or a quadruple homicide in which one of the victims was the daughter of a provincial governor.
He had recently been in charge other investigations relating to organized crimesuch as a double attack on a music festival held this year, the disappearance of weapons from a government arsenal or the extradition of a Lebanese-Brazilian citizen accused of money laundering from drug trafficking.
Claudia Aguilera cries next to the body of her husband, the Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, on the beaches of Barú
He had also investigated the disposition of false documents to the Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho.
He had married the Paraguayan journalist Claudia Aguilera on April 30, with whom he had traveled for his honeymoon on a beach on the island of Barú.
On May 10, the prosecutor was attacked by two people who approached the beach where the couple was on a jet ski. They opened fire from the water and fled. there were three hits.
The official was taken to a health center, but he arrived dead. His wife, meanwhile, was not injured.
With AP information
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Source: Clarin
