Fugitive from crime did not pay all the money to the hitman who murdered Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci

Sources close to the investigation into the murder of the Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pucci They confirmed to EL TIEMPO that the five people captured for the crime will be transferred to Bogotá in the next few hours.

Cristian Camilo Monsalve, Eiverson Zabaleta, Wendre Still Scott and Francisco Luis Correa will be taken to La Picota prison and Marisol Londoño Bedoya to El Buen Pastor women’s prison.

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“The priority is focused on guaranteeing the safety of those captured in Bogotá, since it is not ruled out that attempts may be made to affect their integrity and life; the possibility of keeping them isolated”, assured the source.

According to the source, Francisco Luis Correawho is considered the mastermind behind the crime of Peccihas not collaborated with the authorities while waiting for a “agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, but the main thing, that his life be guaranteed, “he said.

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The researcher points out that for the authorities in Colombia it became clear that “the order to assassinate Pecci was made from Paraguay, there is a very strong group of drug traffickers with ties to a Brazilian cartel, the Capital Command, which would be recruiting people from the Aragua Train.”

Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci and his wife Claudia Aguilera. (Instagram @aguileraclaudi).

In fact, one of the captured told the participants in the arrest legalization hearing that “Those who had Pecci killed were so powerful that they could reach the judge or the prosecutor in the case in Colombia, what would they not do against us?”.

During the development of the investigation it was found that Belt He offered 190 million pesos ($50,000) to each of the assassins (Wendre Still Scott and Gabriel Carlos, the latter a fugitive).

“He gave them in Medellín a first payment of 80 million pesos, 40 million each as an advance and agreed to give them the rest after the murder; Correa complied and gave the rest of the money to Gabriel Carlos who fled with the entire sum.”, the source told this newspaper.

Another line of investigation focuses on Marisol and her son Cristian, who were in charge of being aware of each movement of Pecci and his wife in Baru, “they are registered at the entrance of the apartment that Francisco Luis rented in Bocagrande. They report income on May 9 and 10. On May 10, after Pecci’s murder, they first went to the apartment and then left the city,” the investigator said.

The sex workers they hired (Francisco Luis and one of the hitmen) as a front to appear to be couples on a tour of the city – after learning of Pecci’s death – deleted all their social media posts and left Cartagena. “One of her was promoting herself on an erotic page, she deleted all her contact information”, the source pointed out.

Those captured, except Francisco Luis Correa, accepted the charges of aggravated homicide and aggravated illegal possession of weapons and were awaiting a sentence against them.

Source: Elcomercio