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Violent crime investigations in Venezuela and Colombia

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Authorities in Venezuela and Colombia are conducting investigations into separate investigating several fatal violent crimes. In Santiago Mariño, Aragua state, Venezuela, Ericsson Gabriel Rojas Rodríguez was shot and killed following a verbal altercation with several individuals. Detectives are currently interviewing witnesses crimes, including homicide and analyzing evidence. gender-based violence. In Bogotá, Colombia, the Prosecutor’s Office has linked the murder of Professor Kevin Santiago Ángel to a cell of the Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan criminal organization. Investigators have are using digital evidence, including recovered mobile phone messages belonging to the victim and are using digital evidence and security footage footage, to identify those responsible, resulting in leading to several arrests. Additionally, a shooting in the Villa Verde sector of Pereira resulted in three deaths. Authorities identified the victims as 24-year-old Venezuelan national Giorgina Azócar López and her companion, Valentín Hoyos González. The suspect, Diego Alfonso López Umaña—identified as Azócar’s former partner—died at Hospital Universitario San Jorge after sustaining a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In Venezuela, investigations continue into the shooting death of Ericsson Gabriel Rojas Rodríguez in Santiago Mariño, Aragua state. The Cicpc suggests the homicide followed a heated verbal altercation in a public area, and detectives are currently interviewing witnesses. In a separate incident in Chivacoa, 34-year-old Celis Daniela Monterrey died from injuries sustained during an attack by her partner with a chair during a dispute. The suspect reportedly surrendered to authorities following the attack.

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