A new violent act shocked Cuenca, capital of Azuay. The corpse of a man with signs of violence was found on the morning of Thursday, August 25, 2022 in a house in the historic center.
According to relatives, the subject identified as Luis Vinicio Bautista Mejia was close to open a business in the same place where he was found dead.
The night before his death (Wednesday), a relative said that he saw him “a little taken”, so she left him sleeping at home and left in a taxi.
The next day, a relative arrived at the place to finish making some installations for running the business and was met with the surprise of his death.
The 52-year-old victim was found dead. wrapped in a sheet on a bed. According to the initial investigations by the National Police, the man was found with gunshot wounds. White weapon.
THREE POLICE ARRESTED
One of Bautista’s relatives showed the police a video that went viral on social networks, in which you can see three policemen Suspiciously leaving the victim’s home.
In the images it can be seen that the uniformed men wore plastic cases who then placed them in the trunk of the patrol car. Supposedly, the victim had 70 thousand dollars in cash that disappeared after his death.
The commander in charge of Zone 6, Edison Padillaacknowledged the arrest of three three uniformed for the respective investigations.
Padilla explained that he knew the reason for the presence of the patrolman at that time outside the victim’s home. For its part, the Prosecutor’s Office advances with the investigations to escalate the crime.
According to information from relatives, Bautista had arrived a few weeks ago from the United States, and intended to leave the business installed and then leave the country again.
According to data from the Prosecutor’s Office, this is the violent death 44 that occurs in Azuay so far in 2022. This week the death of Octavio Tapia was also discovered, who was found inside a copper tub cement coated.
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