Two days after the kidnapping in Santiago de Chile of Lieutenant Colonel -retired from the Venezuelan Army- Ronald Ojeda Moreno, the authorities of the country chaired by Gabriel Boric still do not have any further clues, although this Friday the Prosecutor's Office identified two of the cars used.
Ojeda, an opponent of Chavismo,
was in asylum in Chile and was kidnapped
by men who posed as local police officers.
This Friday, Carabineros received a complaint from another ex-asylum Venezuelan military officer, who in Talca said he knew Ojeda and
“was afraid”
that something similar would happen to him, which is why protection measures were ordered with periodic rounds at his home.
Said soldier appeared at the Fourth Carabineros Police Station in Talca to make the complaint.
“I fear for my life,” he said.
The Prosecutor's Office agreed to his request for protection.
The Minister of the Interior of Chile, Carolina Tohá, confirmed the new request to the Government after the kidnapping this week of Ronald Ojeda Moreno.
“These are things that the Government understands and all people who are in this condition and express this concern will receive support,” said the official.
Ojeda Moreno
was on the list of those persecuted by Nicolás Maduro.
And the Government of Chile, as soon as it learned of his kidnapping, reinforced border controls to prevent him from being taken out of the country.
All suspicions point to an operation by Intelligence troops of the Caracas regime.
In the review of security cameras, both on highways and traffic on streets near the northern area of the Chilean capital, two patents associated with the kidnapping were identified.
Reports of kidnapping of Venezuelans in Chile pit the government of Gabriel Boric against that of Nicolás Maduro.
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The vehicles, although they have not been found, according to the review carried out by the police, do not have a current theft order.
The same thing happened with the only car found so far, on the Costanera Norte, which turned out to have a cloned license plate.
Another relevant expert opinion in the investigation will be what results from the analysis of the victim's cell phone, which is already being examined by investigators.
Until now, however, they have not found any messages that report threats or facts that suggest that he has had any type of dispute with a criminal gang.
A planned kidnapping
Along the same lines, those who have known the testimonies of his relatives, Ojeda would not have warned those close to him that he felt threatened or watched.
However, the experts issue a warning, because the manner and time in which the kidnapping was carried out reflected prior preparation and they acted knowing that the victim was at his home, and totally unprepared.
The government of Chile, after receiving the report from the Guarantee Court of Santiago, reported that Ojeda
“was taken away tied hand and foot,
warning that the perpetrators of the incident were carrying firearms and clothing similar to those used by the Investigative Police. From Chile".
They add that they “took him away by force in the vehicle in which they were traveling, to a currently unknown whereabouts.”
Among the procedures that the government requested from the Prosecutor's Office are that the Special Investigations Brigade be notified in order to prepare a planimeter expert report, determine the places where the events were verified and carry out a photometric recognition of the security cameras. who could have recorded the kidnapping.
The case continues to open
more questions
, both for investigators, police and government authorities, where knowing the plot behind the kidnapping remains unsolved.
The director of Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez, said yesterday that all his troops “are in some way committed and focused to find the whereabouts of Ojeda Moreno.”
He assured that he reinforced “particularly the borders, ports, airports, in all places where there may be an escape or exit route.”
The Minister of Justice, Luis Cordero, stated last night, in conversation with CNN Chile that the kidnapping of Ojeda Moreno is “abnormal for the country and that its immediate clarification is a priority for the Executive.”
Source: EFE