Members of the family of a murdered couple blame governments for letting them alone

Relatives of the Ecuadorian couple abducted in the border province of Esmeraldas and whose remains were found in a tomb of the Colombian department of Nariño (southwest). ) criticized the governments of both countries today because they say they have done nothing to save them.

"I blame them for my brother's death because they did nothing to save them, they left them to their Will, they left them alone" told journalists in Pasto, capital of Nariño, Elvia Villacís, sister of Óscar Villacís Gómez, one of the murdered.

The director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Colombia, Carlos Valdés, He confirmed today that two corpses found in Tumaco, one of the most convulsive regions of Colombia, correspond to Villacís Gómez and Katty Velasco Pinargote, after fingerprint tests. [19659004] The authorities of both countries are working quickly and jointly for the repatriation of bodies, according to the Ecuadorian government.

In this regard, Geovana Velasco, Katty's sister, said that she was finishing doing what it took to repatriate the Velasco criticized the government of his country because it " kept them waiting "despite the fact that, according to Legal Medicine, the murder occurred two months ago because of" multiple wounds "caused by" cutting and cutting weapons "to " Neck level and thorax."

"The Ecuadorian government has made us wait, what are we waiting for, that today they tell us that they were already dead for two months, c & # 39; 39, was so much waiting Velasco lamented that the abduction of the Ecuadorian couple was reported on April 17 by the government of that country.time video in which Velasco and Villacís are seen moored and guarded by men armed with rifles.

In the video, the couple stated that it had nothing to do with the state of public order at the Colombian border with Ecuador and asked the president of this country, Lenin Moreno, to help them return to freedom.

The authorities of Colombia and Ecuador attribute their kidnapping and murder to a dissident group of the FARC s & # 39, call "Oliver Sinisterra", under the pseudonym "Guacho".

"Guacho" and his Men are also responsible for the kidnapping last March and the killing of three workers from the newspaper El Comercio de Quito whose bodies were repatriated. last week. EFE