The body of
Ronald Leandro Ojeda Moreno
, a former Venezuelan military opponent of Nicolás Maduro kidnapped 9 days ago in Chile, was found this Friday under a cement slab in the department of Maipú, in Chile.
This was confirmed by a Prosecutor's Office in that country.
Ojeda Moreno, 32, had been
kidnapped on February 21 on Chilean soil
.
Four people in false police clothing, who had their faces covered, took him away.
"The approximate date of death indicates that it is between seven and 10 days, coinciding with the date on which the kidnapping occurred," confirmed prosecutor Héctor Barros.
He also confirmed the
arrest of a 17-year-old minor
, of Venezuelan nationality, who would be involved in the case and who will be transferred to detention control on Saturday.
The prosecutor did not provide details about the motivations for the crime, in an investigation that was declared secret since the kidnapping was confirmed on February 21, when Ojeda was taken from his home in Santiago at dawn, in his underwear, by people who simulated be police officers
Police and investigators work at the place where the body of Ronald Ojeda Moreno was found, in Chile.
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Barros, however, stated that it is "a complex investigation, linked to organized crime" and that there are two other arrest warrants pending.
Ojeda Moreno, lieutenant colonel - retired from the Venezuelan Army - was on the list of those persecuted by Nicolás Maduro.
He was in Santiago de Chile as a
political refugee,
according to the local press.
On social networks, the former Venezuelan military man defined himself as a "former political prisoner" and "officer of the Venezuelan Armed Forces."
The Government of Gabriel Boric, as soon as it became aware 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.
Ojeda's name appears on the list released at the end of January by the Venezuelan Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino, which includes 33 soldiers demoted and expelled from the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) "involved in conspiracies" against the Venezuelan Government. which included the assassination of President Nicolás Maduro.
The kidnapping was reported in the first instance in a brief note from the Special Anti-Kidnapping Police Investigation Brigade (BIPE) of the Investigative Police (PDI) of Chile, which indicated that it could not provide "further information" because the investigation "was decreed secret." ".
The case is investigated by a special organized crime unit of the Chilean police, which is also behind the operations in the country of international gangs such as the Tren de Aragua.