Second man arrested in Tunja for murder of former Yopal mayor 'Jhon Calzones'
Authorities detained a second suspected perpetrator in Tunja in connection with the homicide of the former mayor of Yopal, which occurred on 29 September. He allegedly transported the minor who shot the victim.
Second suspect arrested in Tunja for murder of Yopal's former mayor
Officers of the Technical Investigation Body (CTI), in coordination with the National Police, arrested in Tunja (Boyacá) the second man allegedly linked to the homicide of Jhon Jairo Torres Torres, former mayor of Yopal known as "Jhon Calzones". The crime occurred on 29 September 2026 at the La Selvita farm, located in the rural area of the capital of Casanare, according to infobae.com.
During the procedure in the capital of Boyacá, the authorities seized a mobile phone and two SIM cards from the detainee. According to preliminary investigations by the Attorney General's Office, the arrested man allegedly was responsible for mobilising and transporting the minor who supposedly fired at the former mayor to the site of the attack.
In the coming hours, a prosecutor from the Casanare Sectional office will present the detainee before a guarantees control judge to legalise his detention. The Attorney General's Office will request that he be charged with aggravated homicide and the illegal manufacture, trafficking, possession or carrying of firearms, as well as the imposition of a remand measure in a prison facility.
The attack and the death of the former mayor
The crime took place on the morning of Tuesday, 29 September 2026, when Torres Torres was on a property of his own on the outskirts of Yopal. According to the report from the authorities, the former official received multiple bullet impacts after being intercepted by a hired assassin on a motorcycle. He was rushed to the Regional Hospital of Orinoquía, where he died hours later due to the severity of his wounds.
In response to imprecise versions that circulated about his state of health, the Government of Casanare and the investigation agencies officially confirmed the death of Torres Torres as a direct consequence of the attack.
The adolescent arrested at the scene
Immediately after the attack, police units deployed in the area managed to apprehend a 17-year-old minor, originally from Armenia (Quindío), identified as the alleged perpetrator of the shooting. The young man acted as a passenger on the motorcycle and descended to fire the weapon against the victim. The flight of the suspects was interrupted by a traffic accident in the area, which allowed residents of the zone to detain the adolescent and hand him over to the police.
During proceedings before a guarantees control judge, the Attorney General's Office charged the minor with aggravated homicide and manufacture, trafficking, possession or carrying of firearms. The adolescent formally accepted all charges and was subject to a preventive detention measure under the criminal justice system for adolescents.
Links to FARC dissidents
The reconstruction of events by the authorities, supported by video recordings and evidentiary material seized, made it possible to identify the two occupants of the motorcycle used in the attack. The driving of the vehicle was carried out by a man identified as alias Eduar, identified as a suspected member of Front 28 and linked to the Jaime Martínez Front of the Western Bloc, according to the newspaper El Tiempo; the information remains under investigation. The investigations link the perpetrators to the FARC dissidents headed by alias Iván Mordisco.
Alias Eduar managed to escape following the accident, and his arrest remains pending. The man now detained in Tunja would be the key contact who facilitated the transport of the minor to the location of the crime.
Shock in Casanare
The death of Torres Torres caused shock in the department of Casanare, where the former mayor maintained visibility in public life over the last decade, a period marked both by his political trajectory and by multiple legal proceedings that he faced before ordinary justice.
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