On the night of December 5, a woman was shot while driving her vehicle in the Hato Nuevo neighborhood in the city of Bosa, south of Bogotá. According to information from CityTVthe victim, identified as Astrid Leonor Calvo León, 36, was shot at least three times by a gunman who approached through the driver’s window. There were two minors in the car, presumably the victim’s children.
The incident occurred around 7:00 p.m. and triggered alarm among residents and traders in the area, who told the media they sought shelter after noticing the blasts. Passersby and neighbors said they saw the vehicle stop immediately after the attack while authorities arrived on the scene to secure the area and deal with the emergency.
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The National Police carried out an operation in the sector that made it possible to arrest the suspected attacker a few minutes after the incident. Major Luis Enrique Pérez Pérez, commander in charge of the Bosa police station, informed CityTV: “The National Police managed to catch a citizen of foreign nationality who, a few minutes earlier, had carried out an assassination attempt on a woman who was accompanied by her two children.”. The arrested man, 33 years old, has been made available to the relevant authorities and will remain in custody pending trial.
Initial procedures included interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence and analyzing surveillance cameras in the area. Until the completion of this report The authorities confirmed that the two minors were unharmed and were being placed under official protection.while the family members responsible for their care are located.
A witness from the sector explained CityTV Who saw that the car was already parked after hearing the shots: “The car was already parked, there was supposedly a lifeless woman in the car and the police wouldn’t let us get closer.”. The Bogotá Metropolitan Police Sijin experts are continuing to collect evidence and take statements to clarify the motives for the attack.
So far, no official hypotheses about the motive for the crime have been published. The authorities are managing various lines of investigation and maintaining secrecy about details of the case so as not to affect the progress of the investigation. The media reported that information gathering efforts will continue in the coming days.
The murder of Astrid Leonor Calvo León is one of a number of recent violent incidents in the Colombian capital. The time reported that on December 3, another murder was recorded in the city of Fontibón, where 30-year-old Fabián Alberto Cantillo Cadena was fatally attacked with a firearm while riding a motorcycle.
The investigation into this case is also ongoing and is intended to determine whether there are links to local criminal activity.
Lieutenant Colonel Julio César Botero Botero explained that police units had secured the area and collected initial evidence of the crime, including the victim’s abandoned vehicle, and explained that footage from cameras near the site was being analyzed to reconstruct the route taken by Cantillo Cadena on the day of his murder.
Recent cases of firearm homicides have prompted the Bogotá Metropolitan Police to increase surveillance equipment and set up specialized crime investigation teams in the sectors with the highest incidence rates. Intelligence and patrol work was intensifiedand citizen cooperation is required to provide information that will contribute to the advancement of open justice.
The authorities reiterated that they are currently collecting further evidence and witness statements to determine the motive behind the murder of Astrid Leonor Calvo León and to strengthen the evidence in the investigation against the arrested suspect, with the aim of transferring the case to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for immediate prosecution.
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