Young man died electrocuted, would have tried to steal electrical cables in Bolivar

A regrettable death occurred yesterday morning April 17 in the municipality of Mahates, department of Bolívar, where a young man of 22 appeared dead near a farm known as Pozo Blanco.

The victim is Cristian Figueroa, who would have been missing for about twelve hours until his body was found. Everything seems to indicate that the young man had gone out with some friends, but due to his absence and at the request of the relatives, they returned to the companions where they had been with the 22-year-old boy, where they found him lifeless hanging on a tree.

In the newspaper El Universal, they published a testimony of a witness who said that: “This morning (April 17) the friends said where they were and when they arrived at the site, around 10 a.m., they saw that his body had been left hanging on the tree, already dead.”

Preliminary versions indicate that Cristian and his colleagues are allegedly stealing high-voltage cables in the town of Malagana, when the 22-year-old was shocked by one of these cables that ended his life.

Apparently young Figueroa would have been left alone when his companions heard the outburst and ran away. Cristian's body is in Legal Medicine in Cartagena, where he was transferred by Sijin troops.

In other news from the department of Bolívar, the authorities of its capital Cartagena, indicated that the 'hero city' 101 murders have occurred so far in 2022.

In the 106 days that have elapsed in 2022, 101 people have been killed in Cartagena. This means that almost every day of the year a citizen has died violently in the capital of Bolivar.

Authorities detail that most murders occurred during the first month of the year. From January 1 to 31, 35 homicides were recorded, of which 18 cases were from assassinations, 15 were for quarrels, one for robbery and the other for an alleged lynching. This season was the most violent of the last eight years in Cartagena.

The list also reports 24 murders in February, of which 13 cases were in assassinations, 9 in quarrels and the remaining in circumstances to be clarified. In March, there were 31 murders, 23 of them in assassinations, six in quarrels and one in robbery. The rest of the cases occurred in the first two weeks of April.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed that of the 54 cases of hit men reported in 2022, 39 are related to the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, also known as the Gulf Clan, and the GDO Los Robledos, a gang that arrived from Medellín at the end of last year. These groups are contesting the territory in order to collect criminal income from microtrafficking.

The Bolívar Sectional Prosecutor's Office assured that of the 106 reported homicides, 42.61% have been clarified. This advance has meant the capture of 55 suspected killers, 30 of them in flagrante and 25 by court order. 243 firearms and more than 5,500 sharps have also been seized. It was also concluded that several cases of hit men were ordered by alias 'Paty Paty', head of the Gulf Clan in Cartagena, and by two other subjects known as 'Marrana Gorda' and 'Colorado'.

This is a significant increase in the number of murders that occurred in the city during the first 100 days of the year. It is highlighted that in 2021, the number of reported homicides was reached in the first half (June 30), not during a quarter. During the first six months of last year, the reported cases of homicide were: 23 in January, 15 in February, 19 in March, 10 in April, 21 in May and 13 in June. At the end of April 2021, the murders were 57 and at the end of May 78.

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