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A tragic act of violence shook San Jacinto, Bolívar, following the murder of 34-year-old Luis Eduardo Betancur Barrios in the heart of the municipality.
The incident occurred on 19th Street and 40th Avenue, a commercial area in the El Centro neighborhood, as the victim was leaving a barbershop in the afternoon.
According to the official report, Betancur was approached by two individuals riding a motorcycle. After a brief conversation, the assailants shot the victim, who died at the scene due to the severity of his injuries. You may be interested in: Hitmen opened fire on a taxi and killed the passenger: the driver was injured.
The attackers also robbed Betancur of his belongings, including cell phones, before fleeing toward the national highway.
Furthermore, Betancur had a criminal record in the Oral Accusatory Criminal System (SPOA) for crimes such as conspiracy to commit a crime and possession, trafficking, and manufacturing of firearms, confirmed the Bolívar Police.
It is worth noting that he had been released from the El Bosque Penitentiary Center in Barranquilla just two years ago.
At the crime scene, investigators from the judicial police collected a .38 caliber bullet, which was sent to the SUCOBA ballistics laboratory for analysis and correlation.
Authorities are working to identify and capture those responsible, while the investigation continues to clarify the motive behind the murder.
