Venezuelan taxi driver shot dead in Ciudad Verde, Soacha: two gunmen on motorcycle flee after attack
A 33-year-old Venezuelan taxi driver was killed on Wednesday in Ciudad Verde, Soacha. Police activated a lockdown plan and are reviewing CCTV footage to identify those responsible.
Taxi driver intercepted and killed in Ciudad Verde while working
A 33-year-old Venezuelan taxi driver was shot dead on Wednesday, 30 September in the Ciudad Verde sector of the municipality of Soacha, Cundinamarca, according to confirmation from the Soacha Metropolitan Police to semana.com.
According to preliminary information from the authorities, the victim was driving a Hyundai Atos taxi with registration plates SOR-940 when he was intercepted by two individuals travelling on a white NKD motorcycle. The attackers opened fire and immediately fled.
The incident occurred on transversal 24B No. 17-209, in front of the Sándalo residential complex. In an image released following the attack, a bullet hole is visible in one of the doors of the public transport vehicle, a result of the shooting.
Following the homicide, Police activated a lockdown plan in the municipality with the aim of locating those responsible. Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Division (Sijín) and Intelligence began verification and analysis of closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage installed in the sector, "in order to obtain material evidence that will allow progress in clarifying this incident," the institution stated.
Additionally, a video circulated on social media featuring the alleged hit men in which they send a message to those who do not wish to "pay". The registration plates of the vehicle appearing in the recording match those of the victim's taxi, semana.com reported.
Police classified what occurred as a contract killing and assured that it would continue deploying its investigative and operational capabilities to find those responsible. The institution asked the community to provide any useful information through the emergency line 123.
Source: Google News CO — Bogotá