Police offer $100 million pesos in reward for those responsible for the murder of a uniformed man in Bolivar

The National Police announced this Thursday that it will give 100 million pesos in reward to anyone who gives information about the murder of patrolman Francisco Javier Pacheco Orellano, which occurred on the morning of Thursday, April 21 in the municipality of Zambrano, in the department of Bolívar.

The events that would have ended the officer's life occurred at kilometer 1 of the road that connects Carmen de Bolívar with the municipality of Zambrano. Precisely there he was approached by four subjects who were mobilizing on motorcycles carrying a rifle and pistol, who opened fire on the public forces, managing to hit the uniformed man five times.

Pacheco Orellano belonged to the Department's Department of Traffic and Transport. The first reports from the authorities point to the Gulf Clan as the group that would be behind this homicide.

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In the same incident, deputy mayor Jaime Garavito was injured, who was hit by a bullet in the abdomen, and a civilian who was identified as José David de Ávila de Ávila de Ávila.

The Director General of the National Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia, said that “this homicide ordered by some criminals of the Gulf Clan who commit crimes in that area would allegedly come as a result of the operations carried out in recent days by the National Police with the National Navy against this structure ”.

The crime, according to police information, was committed by an individual known by the alias Cholo and three other men traveling on motorcycles, who in turn received orders from the local leader, alias El Grande.

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“The perpetrators traveled by motorcycle, and according to the evidence and material evidence found at the scene, they carried AK-47 7.62 and 5.56 caliber rifles, and 9mm pistols,” said the Director-General of Police.

Meanwhile, the Bolivar Police lamented the murder of his companion: “We all hurt the murder of Patrolman Francisco Javier Pacheco Orellano. We send a message of solidarity and strength to his family and assure him that we will bring to justice those responsible for this regrettable event.”

In the afternoon of this Thursday, members of the National Police and inhabitants of Carmen de Bolívar gathered at the municipal station to reject this act of violence perpetrated against a member of the security forces. In addition, they paid a heartfelt tribute to the patrolman.

For his part, Colonel Héctor Giovany González Ríos, departmental commander of the Bolivar Police, said about what happened in the morning hours: “From the Bolivar Police Department, we sympathize with the family of our hero, patrolman Francisco Javier Pacheco Orellano of Police Traffic, who offering his life in the line of duty. His death will not go unpunished. God and Patria,” the official said on his Twitter account.

Finally, it was the Chocó Police Department that added to the condolences for the death of the man in uniform: “We honor the memory of our patrolman Francisco Javier Pacheco Orellano, who was killed in Carmen de Bolívar while fulfilling his constitutional duty to ensure the safety of citizens.”

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