The body of the anti-mafia prosecutor leaves Colombia for Paraguay

The coffin that carries the body of the anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pucciassassinated last Tuesday in Colombialeft this Wednesday from the Caribbean city of Cartagena de Indias to Paraguay, the Paraguayan ambassador in Bogotá, Sophia López Garelli, confirmed to Efe.

“The mortal remains of the prosecutor (…) go to Panama and arrive in Asunción tomorrow at 4 in the morning”pointed out López Garelli, who assured that there have been no changes in his plan to repatriate the deceased.

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The coffin left the Cartagena funeral home where it was early in the morning heading for the Rafael Núñez International Airport, and boarded a flight that left at 4:04 p.m. local time (9:04 p.m. GMT) that arrived in Panama City at around 5:00 p.m. local (22:00 GMT). From there you will be boarded on another plane to Asunción.

The wife of PecciClaudia Aguilera, with whom she was on her honeymoon on the island of Baru When the events occurred, he returned to Asunción this Thursday on the Paraguayan presidential plane with his sister Mónica and part of the group of prosecutors who traveled to Colombian territory to support the investigations of the attack.

The murder took place on Tuesday morning in Baruan island that is about 40 minutes by boat from Cartagena de Indias, where Pecci and Aguilera, a renowned Paraguayan journalist, were on their honeymoon after getting married on April 30 in Asunción.

Photo provided by the newspaper El Universal showing the preparations of the body of the Specialized Prosecutor against Organized Crime, Marcelo Pecci, before his transfer to Paraguay today, in Cartagena (Colombia). (EFE / El Universal /)

The Decameron hotel, where the couple who had announced shortly before that they were going to be parents was staying, said that “assassins who arrived on jet skis at the beach” They murdered the prosecutor.

The Colombian Police, which works jointly with the Paraguayan and the American, considers as a first hypothesis that Pecci He was assassinated for his duties and the cases he was handling as a prosecutor, dedicated to Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.

According to the police, it is aassassination against Justice committed by a system of transnational organized crime with high planning and investment of resources.

In addition, the director of the Colombian Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, mentioned on Thursday that two of the main investigations carried out by the Paraguayan prosecutor in Latin America were against the so-called First Capital Command (PCC) and the structure known as Punto 50, in the south of the continent.

Source: Elcomercio