(CNN Spanish) -
Two people were arrested on Friday by the Municipal Police of the Mérida state, in the Venezuelan Andes, when they faked the transfer of a person who died from covid-19 with the aim of allowing them to first fill up fuel in line from the Bella Vista sector service station located in the Andean state.
This in the midst of an acute fuel crisis that mainly affects the regions of the country where citizens have to stay for long hours and even days, waiting to fill their fuel tanks.
The queues are longer when it comes to gas stations at a subsidized price.
Mérida is one of the states most affected by fuel shortages.
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According to the police version, a woman showed up at the gas station driving a hearse, while a man was in the back pretending to be dead.
It was covered by fabrics and exposed some parts of the body to give credibility to the scene.
In the part of the security body they affirm that the woman would have asked other drivers to allow her to pass first, arguing that she was moving the body that should be cremated as soon as possible.
The security agents carried out an inspection of the vehicle in which procedure they verified that the person who was in the back of the vehicle was alive.
Both citizens were arrested and presented to the Public Ministry.
During the procedure, a death certificate signed by the Domingo Peña Parish registry was found.
CNN contacted the prosecution to find out if these people were charged and what would be the crimes that would have been charged without having received a response so far.
