Commotion in Colombia for the grisly murder of a 10-year-old girl

Colombians woke up Thursday in shock at the murder and rape of a 10-year-old girl.

The dramatic episode was recorded in the jungle department of Guaviare. There are five people arrested.

The youngest Sharik Buitrago Rayo was reported missing last night and her body was found at 2 pm local time in a caneca on the Caño Grande River wharf in the El Retorno municipality.

"It is an insane fact of barbarism that we must reject not only the inhabitants of our municipality, but all Colombians, because this can not continue," said the mayor of this municipality, Oscar, to the press. Ospina.

According to the authorities, thanks to the city's security cameras, located in the south of the country, it was established that a man had kidnapped the youngest from a warehouse.

As part of the investigation, the police located the home of the alleged perpetrator, Juan Gabriel Díaz Sarmiento, 37, who has a criminal record for theft in the town of Villavicencio (center).

"The police raided the place where the girl's shoes were found and discovered that more people, apparently, had participated in this," said Blu-Radio's secretary of the municipality. , Judith Izquierdo.

In this case, Díaz Sarmiento and four other men who were in the house were captured, including a minor.

lynching

Residents of El Retorno attempted to lynch those responsible for the child's death. The police therefore had to intervene to prevent it.

After knowing what was happening, Colombian President Ivan Duque sent a message of solidarity to the girl's family this morning.

"It hurts us all, I want the family to feel not only solidarity, but also that the officials have the sanction they deserve," Duque told reporters in Barranquilla (north).