Massacre in Cúcuta: four men murdered in front of a residential complex, including a community leader
A new violent incident was registered early Sunday morning in the metropolitan area of Cúcuta, where four men were murdered in an armed attack in front of the Hibiscos residential complex...
TL;DR
- Four men were killed in an armed attack in the metropolitan area of Cúcuta.
- The attack occurred early Sunday morning in front of the Hibiscos residential complex.
- Two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire indiscriminately on a group of six to seven people.
- Three victims were found dead at the scene, and a fourth was found meters away.
- The victims were identified as Pedro Emilio Leal Sánchez (48), William Giovanny López González (34), Sergio Andrés Durán Sánchez (21), and an unidentified fourth man.
- William Giovanny López González was the president of the Community Action Board for the Las Delicias neighborhood.
- The men often met at this location on weekends to socialize.
- Authorities collected several 9mm shell casings as evidence.
- Initial hypotheses suggest the attackers arrived and fled via the Anillo Vial Occidental.
- Pedro Emilio Leal Sánchez had previous judicial records for drug trafficking (2011) and aggravated theft (2008).