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Two individuals were captured his alleged involvement in the case of kidnapping, extortion and murder of a 67-year-old man occurred last week in the Alto Hospicio commune.
Thus there are already three detainees for the cause, since a 24-year-old Venezuelan citizen He was apprehended this Thursday for his collaboration in hiding the victim’s body and was placed in preventive custody.
There is still no further information on the two new arrests, while the PDI and the Prosecutor’s Office will deliver information during the morning of this Friday. According to regional media, the capture would have taken place in the vicinity of the Tocopilla Municipal Cemetery.
According to the ongoing investigation, the victim She was kidnapped by a criminal gang made up of foreign citizens, who demanded 57 million pesos from relatives in exchange for her release.. However, the money was not collected and the kidnapped man was murdered.
According to the regional prosecutor of Tarapacá, Raúl Arancibia, “it was at dawn on Friday (January 7) when relatives filed a complaint with the Investigative Police for an alleged misfortune. In later hours, phone calls were received demanding ransom and some images of the person who was kidnapped were sent ”.
Later, he detailed that on Saturday, January 8, the PDI achieved “Locate the place where this person was held, but was not there.” Finally, the victim “was found hours later lifeless.”
The deceased was called Nelson Murúa Páez and it was a Alto Hospici small traderor. Her body It was found on a hill, near an intake located between Alto Hospicio and Iquique. The cause of death was attributed to a cervical and thoracic trauma from a sharp weapon.
According to information from Radio Bío-Bío, the victim’s son is a lawyer in the area who leads cases with micro-traffickers and people linked to gangs. But nevertheless, It is unknown whether this information is related to the cause.