They shot a young man from a bridge and uploaded the video to TikTok

The attack is said to have taken place in Colombia. In the video, two men are seen asking him where he came from before throwing him into the void.

Viral video sparked strong repudiation in Peru: Images that first circulated on social network TikTok show how two people they shoot a young Peruvian citizen from the top of a bridge. The victim has been identified as 19-year-old Silvano Oblitas Cántaro Tolentino. The images would have been recorded in Colombia, where he had gone to buy clothes for resale in Peru.

The video that sparked outrage in Peru

In the recording, two men are seen asking the young man insistently where he is from, to which he responds nervously that he is from Huánuco, Peru. So one of the abusers grabs his chest and legs and throws him over the railing. The others film the fall and the moment when Silvano’s body hits the ground. “Delete it! What is dead is dead!One of the attackers says and throws his victim’s bag into the void.

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After the video was released, the young man’s sister, Janet Cántaro Tolentino, lodged a complaint and asked the authorities to help him “to carry out the corresponding investigation” and “The body of his brother is found”. “It’s him, I recognized him “, provided in dialogue with the channel Latina Television.

“We don’t know if he’s alive or dead, so we demand that they investigate,” he said.

An illusion, a scam and a tragic end

The origin of this video is still under investigation, although according to Janet it would have happened in Colombia. According to him, his brother quit his job as a longshoreman in the Lima wholesale market to travel, with a Colombian named Andrés, to Medellín on January 25. He wanted to buy clothes to sell in Peru. He had 5,000 soles with him and the illusion of making money.

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However, the young has been scammed and his friend left him alone with nothing in an unknown land. The last time Silvano contacted his sister was on February 10. That day, he called her desperately to ask for her help.

“He said, ‘Janet, please, I have nothing left here. Send me some money, please. Were the eight o’clock. I told him that tomorrow morning I would drop him off, that he would send me the bill that I was going to do my best. The next day, he was no longer connected. I wrote to him, I called him and he no longer answered the phone ”, he declared in dialogue with the newspaper. Trade.

For their part, the parents of the young disappeared, Félix Cántaro Vásquez and Feliciana Tolentino Duran, asked the Colombian authorities to clarify what had happened to their son and to punish those responsible. “My son is innocent. I just want to take his body, watch over him and say goodbye, ”his mother said.