The violence continues: 3 massacres in less than 48 hours 2:47
(CNN Spanish) - Authorities in Colombia reported this Friday the capture of two of the three people who, according to the authorities, were involved in the massacre of five minors (between 13 and 16 years old) that occurred on August 11 in the neighborhood of Llano Verde, in Cali.
According to a statement from the National Attorney General's Office, the investigation also carried out with the Police revealed that these three men were in charge of the sector's security and that the victims frequently came to the place to hunt or eat sugarcane. “Apparently, the three adults who worked as guards in the surroundings of the cañaduzal had observed the five minors and, without measuring a word, possibly with the intention of avoiding the presence of the young people, they had killed four with firearms. and with a knife to another ”, they indicated in an official note.
They added that the detainees will be taken before a guarantee control judge this Friday, where the Prosecutor's Office will make the charges of the case. CNN does not know if they have already contacted an attorney.
Speaking from Cali, President Iván Duque warned: "Here, whoever does it has to pay." The president indicated that they will continue trying to clarify these violent crimes. "None of these events will return their children, but we know that the cry for justice, in a very short period, is already being achieved," he said.
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