Five months after the death of Edilberto Orozco Marriaga, which took place in the El Bosque neighborhood of Barranquilla, the Atlantic Department of the Public Prosecutor’s Office managed to arrest and send to prison the alleged perpetrator of the events on Friday, December 9, 2022. .
This is Fabián Alfonso De la Cruz Vásquez, aka El Buti, a subject sought since the day of the events, which took place at Carrera 8C with Calle 74A, in the patio of a house.
On De la Cruz Vásquez there was an arrest warrant for aggravated murder issued by the 17th Municipal Criminal Court with Guarantee Control Functions of Barranquilla and his arrest took place on April 28 at 8:50 am, according to the files of the judicial police.
Due to the death of 45-year-old Orozco Marriaga, the LGBTI+ Caribe Afirmativo collective rejected the attack at the time and called for urgent investigations.
“Today, on International Human Rights Day, Edilberto Orozco Mariaga, a gay man from Barranquilla, was murdered. Colombia is a very unsafe country for LGBTIQ people. We ask @FiscaliaCol to apply a gender approach in the research,” Caribe Afirmativo quivered.
Similarly, they indicated: “as for the case, according to the authorities and witnesses, Edilberto was attacked with a sharp weapon, with which they inflicted a wound on his neck when he was sharing with his friends at the door. residence.”
“We deeply regret the facts, hoping that the process will become an investigation as soon as possible. As a social organization defending #DDHH, we will be vigilant to the procedural progress, waiting for the authorities to act immediately,” the group concluded.
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The tax authorities in charge of the case provided details of the event leading up to the murder of the LGBTI man.
In a virtual hearing known to EL HERALDO, it was said that the case took place in the patio of a house where some people were drinking, including the victim and the perpetrator.
It was about 7:50 in the morning of that December 9, and Fabián had sent Alfonso De la Cruz to buy four beers to extend the meeting with friends he had started the night before.
According to the testimonies of people who were at the location at the time, Edilberto Orozco apparently drank one of De la Cruz’s beers, and when they asked him for money to set up another round, he only gave 1,000 pesos.
This, apparently, infuriated alias El Buti, who “removed a dagger from the waistband of his trousers and made a cut on the left side of the victim’s neck, seven centimeters long and four centimeters deep.” , the prosecutor read.
After the attack, the victim was helped by witnesses to the event and taken to the facilities of the San Ignacio Clinic, where they confirmed his death.
Based on the testimony of witnesses and other evidence from the prosecution, the 19th Municipal Criminal Court with Guarantee Control Function of Barranquilla ordered the transfer to the El Bosque Penitentiary of Fabián Alfonso De la Cruz.
Source: El heraldo
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