Ana María Castro case: eyewitness versions released at the scene

On March 5, 2020, the young woman from Bogota passed away Ana Maria Castro. At dawn this Thursday, the 21-year-old left the bar Cantina Plaza after meeting some friends, with whom, probably, he would go to the city of Suba, in Bogotá, to continue the party.

She never made it to the meeting point: somewhere on 116th Street with the 19 ave race she was abruptly thrown from a truck Kia Sportage, later identified by authorities.

Within hours, Ana María, registered as NN upon admission, lost her life at Simón Bolívar Hospital.

The Canal Caracol program, day seven presented to the public new witnesses They provided little-known details about the young woman’s death.

One of them, a motorcyclist, who requested that his name be reserved, who drove on Calle 80, who claimed to have passed the point where the young woman was thrown. Here is his testimonial for this program.

That night I came from work, I go home, I go down 80 on the motorbike and more or less from the fire I see that in this sector a boy starts to cross

According to the security cameras record, the motorcyclist got out of his vehicle, walked a few meters until he stopped in front of the pedestrian to observe the scene of the accident; then, according to his testimony, he called the route 123 to report the situation.

While institutional help arrived, the motorcyclist returned to his motorcycle to drive in the wrong direction and investigate what had happened on the street.

“I turn against the road, I leave the motorcycle parked and in front I find the whose body is now Ana MaríaHe added for the seventh day.

Read the testimony of a woman who was present before the young woman took the vehicle that would lead her to death: Ana María Castro case: testimony of Patricia, a woman who tried to prevent the young woman from getting into Paul Naranjo’s vehicle

Another of the witnesses featured in the program was Nicolas Suarez, a driver carrying a passenger through the 19 avenue race, place of events.

Suárez assured in front of the cameras that he and his passenger had seen the young woman “Lying on the floor with the pool of blood all around”, but did not stop the vehicle; However, in his account, he indicated that he saw a man standing in the middle of the road, apparently asking for help. According to the versions of the case, it would be Mateo reyes.

Read more: Mateo Reyes, involved in Ana María Castro’s case, is expected to return to Colombia

Although he did not participate in the program, Daniel Alejandro Vega Novoa, another driver who was at the scene of the crime, testified before the attorney general’s office.

Agree with Seventh day, Novoa drew what he testified on the night of March 5 after reporting to line 123 to report the crash.

The testimony of Novoa, whose vehicle was traveling on Calle 80, is important because it details when Ana Maria Castro was thrown from a vehicle “dark blue car with tinted windows ”, presumably the Kia Sportage driven by Paul Naranjo.

“I was in the center lane, I slowed down, I could see how they opened the back door on the right side of the car and how they dumped a girl. He fell like a rag doll, between the right lane and the center lane. The girl stayed there again“Assured Novoa to the attorney general’s office in testimony compiled by Seventh Day.

The new testimonies were linked to the case, in which the family and their legal representatives are seeking justice.

Lawyer De La Espriella: there will be more revelations

Asked about Legal Medicine’s opinion, which shows the severe blow suffered by Ana María when she was kicked out of a moving vehicle, the lawyer from Ana María Castro’s family, Abelardo De La Espriella, stated that the young woman had suffered further beatings, that will reveal throughout the process.

Read the details of the procedure that determined Ana María’s death in: They reveal the autopsy of Ana María Castro’s death

The mother cries out for truth and justice

Nidia Castro, mother of the young woman, only seeks to know the truth about what happened with her daughter in March 2021.

He also asks that the culprits pay a sentence for the crime of the young woman. Asked by Noticias Caracol on the occasion of the commemoration of the disappearance of her daughter, she declared that:

I never spoke to them except one the day he died, but they didn’t look for me. More than sorry I would like to know the truth I hope with your own mouth you cannot live with such a burden your whole life

The case of the death of Ana Maria Castro it’s in the hands of the attorney general’s office.