Colombia: Five arrested in Pecci's murder probe
Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Colombian authorities have arrested five people in the city of Medellín, presumably linked to the murder of Paraguayan Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci while he was honeymooning at an exclusive Caribbean beach resort in Cartagena de Indias, Attorney General Francisco Barbosa announced Friday.
The authorities, however, did not specify in what way those apprehended were connected to the case, which, according to witnesses, was the doing of two hitmen on jetskis.
Colombia's President Iván Duque, who is on an official trip to the United States, later described the arrests as the result of “an intelligence operation, of meticulous work,” which “has allowed us to reach this criminal structure and these criminals, who will be placed at the disposal of a supervisory judge.”
“Once again our authorities act and act with speed to show the world that no one is above the law,” Duque told reporters while in Washington DC, attending celebrations of 200 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
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Marcelo Pecci and Claudia Aguilera in Barú, Cartagena, Colombia
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