Velan Ecuadorian couple murdered at the border

Relatives and friends of the Ecuadorian couple abducted last April when they moved to the coastal province of Esmeraldas, at the border with Colombia, and She was murdered in captivity, they watch the remains of their loved ones in the middle of the pain and the demand for justice in the case.

The bodies of Óscar Villacís and Katty Velasco, murdered by Farc dissidents were repatriated on Friday in an aircraft of the Ecuadorian Air Force of Colombia, where his remains were found.

Ana Velasco, sister of Katty, said that the wake was followed by family and friends, as well as the authorities of the province of Santo Domingo de Tsáchilas. The couple is also born.

He also reported that a psychologist was dating Valentina, the four-year-old daughter of Katty, on Friday, to prepare her for the arrival of her mother's body

"As a girl, he is still alive with the cousins ​​who play, "said Ana, 26, the oldest of six children in the Velasco family.

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He commented that they told the girl "that the mother is no longer there, that she is in heaven, that she will take care of her." from above, that she is an angel and that from where she will be caring and protecting. "

Ana Velasco pointed out that her mother, 42, had to be seen by the doctors during the vigil, which ends tomorrow, when Katty is buried in the general cemetery of Santo Domingo de Tsáchilas, where Oscar will also be buried, that his parents and friends look in a family home.

"What we want is justice, that this case does not go unpunished, so we will not rest with the family, and we will continue to fight for those who did that, "said Katty's sister, who was the fourth of the brothers and was 20 years old.

He added: last moments, hours, that we left him because we do not see him any more, "he said, noting that they did not, for the moment. moment, no appointment with any authority of the Ecuadorian government to follow the case.

The remains of Velasco and Villacís were found in a grave in the department of Nariño (southwest) and the director of the Institute of Léga Medicine, Carlos Valdés, confirmed last Wednesday that these are the two Ecuadorians

. The couple was warned on April 17 by the Quito government, who then revealed a video that had reached him, in which the two men were seen tied up and watched by gunmen.

In the video, the couple affirms mó that had nothing to do with the situation of law and order on the border of Colombia with Ecuador and asked President Lenin Moreno to help them to go free.

The abduction of the couple is attributed to a dissident group of the Farc headed by Walter Patricio Arizala Vernaza, aka "Guacho", allegedly linked to drug trafficking and also responsible for the capture in March and the murder in captivity of a journalistic team of the Ecuadorian newspaper El Comercio