Cojedes: Man attacks ex-partner with machete before committing suicide

In the Rómulo Gallegos municipality of Cojedes state, a man identified as José Gregorio Aparicio attacked his former partner and her companion with a machete before fleeing the scene.

Aparicio reportedly first attacked his ex-wife, Yuraima Pinto, inflicting multiple wounds, and then attacked Jesús Sánchez, the person accompanying her. Both victims were rushed to the Egor Nucete Hospital in San Carlos, where they underwent emergency surgery; their conditions are reported as delicate.

Following the incident, security forces investigated the suspect's residence in the La Fortuna community, where they discovered Aparicio had died by suicide via hanging. Authorities are currently investigating the motives behind the attack and the subsequent suicide.