Ambushed at alleged narco-funeral leaves one dead, three injured in Santiago, Chile
dead man and three people with serious injuries – including a 10 year old boy – was the result of shooting at a vehicle participating in a funeral procession. The incident happened this Wednesday afternoon – during rush hour – on the Américo Vespucio Sur highway in the municipality of Santiago Mirrorand caused massive congestion as police had to close the route.
According to information provided by the Carabineros, the victims were part of the same family group, were in a caravan in the middle of a funeral procession – described as high risk – and were traveling in a top-of-the-line convertible when they were ambushed by another vehicle standing next to them, from which as yet unknown people began shooting at them, so everything indicates that it was narcofuneral.
Preliminarily, the police announced that the driver died at the scene while the injured were sent to the nearest hospital facilities. It turned out that the boy had been shot in the back. The perpetrators managed to escape and are searched intensively from the uniformed.
Sub-prefect Rodrigo Rodriguezhead of the Southern Homicide Squad, pointed out that “the investigative police team, by order of the Ministry of Public Administration, is dedicated to finding the subject’s murder Chilean “who died while traveling in his vehicle with family members,” according to a note from BíoBíoChile.
A civilian police officer explained that “the victim was on board the vehicle with family members who were also there wounded. The minor is being treated at the Exequiel González Cortés Hospital.
For his part, the public prosecutor Gamal Massou, from the Organized Crime and Homicide Team (ECOH), explained that “we have four people injured. One of them has died while the other three, including a minor, are receiving medical treatment at different hospitals.
“We are working to determine both the dynamics and responsible attack,” added the pursuer.
Regarding the identity of the victims and their relationship to the funeral, Massú said that “they were participating in the procession and although there seems to be some connection with deceased person “The one they went to leave at the cemetery is still not fully confirmed.
The public prosecutor also confirmed that the other two injured people are from female gender and are in condition seriously. “The women are being treated and are in a life-threatening condition due to impacts to the legs and chest, while a minor was injured in rear”, Indian.
The police are investigating that there was not a single security camera in the underpass where the victims were assaulted. Prosecutor Massú, however, argued that “I can’t hypothesize to that effect until I have all the information.
So it’s still an investigation reasons of the attack, if there was one planned or whether the criminals had any connection with the people who had been shot or with the dead they intended to bury. “It’s all part of what we’re investigating,” the pursuer emphasized.
Finally, Massú announced that “they are between 20 and 30 cases “which are being picked up and verified” at the scene and that specialized teams were taking traces of blood to identify the victims and clarify dynamics of events.
