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The investigations of the Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pucci against organized crime and drug trafficking would be the cause of the attack in which he lost his life on the Colombian island of Barú, the destination he had chosen for his honeymoon.
Pecci was shot dead on Tuesday by unknown assailants who came to a Baru private beacha fact rarely seen in that tourist site and that was harshly condemned by Paraguay.
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Referring to the investigations into the attack, the director of the Colombian Police, General George Louis Vargasindicated that They point to the work of the prosecutor, who at the age of 45 had become one of the most important and respected of the Paraguayan Justice.
“The first great hypothesis that we have is that due to its functionsto their cases, to what was done in large operations, this assassination took place,” he said. Vargas at a press conference in the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias.
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“It was an assassination against Justice committed by a system of transnational organized crime with high planning and investment of resources to commit this act”added the general.
He explained that the suspect in murdering the prosecutor is a man approximately 1.74 meters tall, with a dark complexion and a Caribbean accent.
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The photo of the suspect was released on Tuesday by the Police and it shows a man dressed in black and with a hat that partially hides his face, for which the authorities asked for the collaboration of citizens to identify him.
FOLLOW UP FROM PARAGUAY
The words of the head of the Colombian Police ratified the versions anticipated by authorities in Paraguaywhat They did not rule out a possible link between the attack and Pecci’s professional work.
The attorney general of Paraguay, Sandra Quinonezstated in an interview Tuesday night with the SNT channel that Pecci’s work was not only “against local organized crime or local drug trafficking but transnational.”
Pecciaccording to the head of the Public Ministry, was part of an international network of prosecutors fighting drug trafficking.
The Minister of the Interior, Federico González, spoke along the same lines, reminding journalists today that the official has carried out “very important processes.”
The authorities admitted that The investigation seeks to determine if the prosecutor’s movements were being watched since he left Paraguayan territory with his wife, journalist Claudia Aguilera, whom he married on April 30.
“We think that the follow-up could start here”, The commander of the Paraguayan National Police, Gilberto Fleitas, told local media.
The officer said he was “sure” that his Colombian peers would identify the masterminds.
Colombian authorities are working on “intense” search efforts that include control on highways, airports and border crossings, At the same time, information has been shared with Interpol and Europol so that they join the search for suspects.
The ambassador of Paraguay in Bogotá, Sophia López Garelli, told local media that four Paraguayans were interrogated by the authorities in Colombia as part of the investigation, although she admitted that the proceedings included citizens of other nationalities.
According to the diplomat, it was two Paraguayan women who traveled to Colombia on the same plane as the prosecutor and two others who were staying at the same hotel.
During this day, the Senate received the ambassador of Colombia in ParaguayFernando Sierra Ramos, to talk about the investigations and the possibility of new forms of cooperation between the two countries.
Meanwhile, the head of the Interior explained to journalists that the procedures and steps to carry out “as soon as possible” the repatriation of the prosecutor’s body are being carried out.
Source: Elcomercio
