Claudia Aguilera, wife of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, murdered on a private beach at an exclusive hotel on the island of Barú, in the city of Cartagena, broke her silence and revealed the details of the crime.
In statements to the newspaper WeekAguilera assured that two men arrived on a jet ski at the private beach; one got out, walked through the area and without saying a word shot the official around 10:30 this Tuesday morning.
“They arrived at the hotel’s private beach… nothing might be done, they arrived and immediately shot while we were on the beach. Security personnel were unable to react,” he said.
He assured that he had no threats once morest him, so they had no security in their passage through Colombia; In addition, they opted for a hotel that would guarantee them some security scenario, but the assassins managed to overcome it.
“No, there was no threat, we only came to spend the holidays, we walked without a guard, there was no risk of revenge, we had no risk, that’s why we were at the hotel,” Aguilera said.
The Police arrived at the scene and with the investigators they collected the interviews and the security videos of the hotel with the aim of identifying those responsible for this crime.
Pecci, 45 years old, was on his honeymoon with his wife, the journalist Aguilera, whom he had married on April 30 in Asunción.
The responsible
The Colombian Police issued a search and capture circular with the photograph of one of the suspects in Pecci’s murder.
In the Police circular, a man dressed in black and with a hat that partially hides his face is seen, and the collaboration of the public is requested to identify him, with several telephone lines and emails to provide information.
General Jorge Luis Vargas, director of the Colombian Police, offered a reward of 2,000 million pesos, regarding 490,000 dollars.
The Police added that they were not aware of the presence of the Paraguayan prosecutor in Colombia, “and because of his position he was one of the most protected people in Paraguay.”
The Colombian authorities have not yet released more details of who may be behind the murder of this specialized prosecutor once morest Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism in Paraguay.
The assassinated official had dealt with media cases such as the arrest for passport falsification of former Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho or the investigation of the shooting that occurred at the Ja’umina festival, last January, where the model and “influencer” Cristina ‘Vita’ Aranda died. , wife of soccer player Iván Torres.
The attorney general of Paraguay, Sandra Quiñónez, assured in statements to the Colombian radio station Blu Radio that they are studying the hypothesis of whether Pecci, who “managed his entire security system himself,” would have been followed from Asunción to Cartagena.
“At some point (Pecci) had to face some types of threats that he had managed very well, taking the precautions of his work,” said the prosecutor who said that the murdered official was a “personal friend.”
With information from Semana and Efe