Murder of Marcelo Pecci: they reveal video of the alleged criminals renting jet skis

The authorities of Colombia and Paraguay investigate the murder of the Paraguayan anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pucci, which occurred on Tuesday on a private beach in the Colombian Caribbean. This Wednesday new elements emerged that could lead to the identification of the perpetrators of the homicide.

Colombian and Paraguayan media released a video showing the moment in which two subjects They rent jet skis in a commercial establishment. One of them was wearing a hat, a black dress and dark glasses; while the other wore a life jacket, white t-shirt and shorts.

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Precisely the wife of the prosecutor, claudia aguilerasaid on Tuesday that her husband’s killers arrived at the beach in jet skis.

According to the Infobae portal, The subjects would have rented the jet sky for 30 minutes and for a value of 200,000 Colombian pesos. However, they only wore them for 16 minutes, returned to the location, returned them and changed their clothes.

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“In the video you can see how the murder suspects received the keys to the jet skis and they left the place accompanied by a worker from the jet sky rental company. These are the images obtained based on the video exclusively by the Paraguayan media Radio Uno 650 AM”, Infobae refers.

The images match a photo authorities released Tuesday to try to identify the killer and offer a reward for information. He is a tall man, with dark skin, with a white hat that does not allow his face to be fully seen.

The image distributed by the Colombian police to identify the suspect in the murder of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci.

The investigations

The Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pucci He was killed by gunmen who arrived on jet skis to the place where he was spending his honeymoon in the Colombian Caribbean, near Cartagena.

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Pecci45, died from the two shots he received in the Barú Island, an exclusive tourist area in northern Colombiaaccording to the reconstruction made by his wife, the journalist claudia aguilera.

“Two men attacked Marcelo. They came in a small boat, or a jet sky, the truth is that I did not see it well “the woman told the newspaper El Tiempo.

One of the assailants got out and “without saying a word, he shot Marcelo twice, one impact was received in the face and another in the back, ”Aguilera described.

This undated photo obtained on May 10, 2022 from the Paraguayan Public Ministry shows Paraguayan anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci. (AFP). (HANDOUT/)

The director of the Colombian police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, said at a press conference that the US anti-drug agency DEA, Colombian and Paraguayan authorities are working to “obtain as much information” about the crime.

We will organize “an international search and location team for these criminals wherever they are,” added the official.

Police announced a reward equivalent to about $488,000 for information leading to the capture of the killers.

Helicopters, divers, experts, fingerprint experts and specialized prosecutors are part of the investigation body in charge of the case.

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Pecci married on April 30 and spent his honeymoon at the Hotel Decameronwho also provided details of the murder.

Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci and his wife Claudia Aguilera in a photo that she posted on Instagram on May 9 at Barú beach, in Colombia. (Claudia Aguilera’s Instagram).

“This morning, assassins who arrived on jet skis at the beach in front of the Decameron Barú Hotel attacked and murdered one of our guests,” he said in a statement.

According to his wife, the prosecutor had “no threat.”

In the last publication of the communicator on Instagram, the couple is seen embracing on the beach and, in the foreground, some baby shoes.

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The Attorney General of Paraguay, a personal friend of Peccitold W Radio that Aguilera is pregnant.

“I will carry Marcelo forever in my heart. A man of integrity, a fighter, a thoroughgoing prosecutor,” Paraguayan prosecutor Sandra Quiñonez said earlier at a press conference.

Pecci He was a specialized prosecutor against organized crime, drug trafficking, money laundering and financing of terrorism.

He was known for his participation in the case that put former soccer player Ronaldinho behind bars between March and August 2020 for entering Paraguay with false documents.

According to General Vargas, his men had “no knowledge” of the investigator’s stay in Colombia, despite being “one of the most protected people in Paraguay.”

With information from AFP

Source: Elcomercio