Three people were killed in Puerto Colombia, Atlántico | Colombia

According to the authorities, armed men entered a house in the Salgar corregimiento, jurisdiction of Puerto Colombia, and attacked a family, causing the death of three people, including a minor, and leaving two others injured.

The commander of the Barranquilla Metropolitan Police, General Mariano Botero Coy, said that according to witnesses present at the scene, two men on motorbikes came to knock on the door, as soon as they opened, they broke into the place and started shooting left and right.

Nayelis Marcela Rojas Peñate died, under 16 years old Jonathan Rojas Peñate, 29, nicknamed "Pitirri", and Anderson Casas León, brother-in-law of the latter. The wounded were transferred to the clinic in Porto-Zoula and responded to the names of Rosa María Peñate, mother of "Pitrri", and Manuel Castro Tejeda, who was his father-in-law

"What we knew , it is that there is confrontation between the groups Los Papalópez and Los Costeños, because due to the harbadment of which they are the object of the police, they have little ground for their criminal action and then they fight this territory and that is why the clashes, "said General Botero Coy.

He added that one of the dead is alias" Pitirri ", which was recognized as one of the murderers of the group "Los Papalópez". "17 days ago, he murdered a minor. This man had two proven deaths. He was free and we do not know why and now he seems dead in this act of blood. "

He indicated that the triple murder in the Salgar corregimiento occurred after midnight Monday." As we observe this is nothing but a revenge between the criminals. Unfortunately, innocent people are dying in these clashes. Because in that fact a sister of pseudo "Pitirri" died, who had a relationship with another individual known as "El Mello". and who is also dead in this attack.

Finally, he said that in the face of these clashes between criminal gangs, De Bogota, several agents arrived to reinforce the Sijin of the Metropolitan of Barranquilla, to try to prevent the continuation of these mbadive murders, where Innocent persons also fall.