by Five men were shot to death this Sunday and at least six other people were injured in a fierce shooting attack that occurred by a land dispute in the 8 de Diciembre neighborhood, in the town of González Catán, La Matanza district. After the violent episode, various raids were carried out in search of suspects, but at the moment there were no arrests.
Judicial sources told Télam that the incident occurred this afternoon, after 3:30 p.m. According to witnesses, at least three people began shooting at a group participating in a neighborhood meeting.
According to official information, one of the five victims is a 29 year old man What injury is multiple skull fracture with loss of brain mass. The victim, identified as Leonel Enzo Tuco Tapia, was rushed by his partner to the René Favaloro Hospital in La Matanza, where he arrived without vital signs.
According to the police, witnesses reported that the victims were at a neighborhood meeting when the attackers burst in and started shooting. They counted a minimum of 40 shots.
In line with what was reported by the Police, the Bolivian community media bolivia on air tv He reported on his networks that the incident would have occurred when the residents of the neighborhood were planning to hold a meeting of a committee of delegates on the land in the area.
According to this medium, the violent attack occurred in an area known as “La tosquera”, which is abandoned. Apparently, there had been a previous confrontation but it did not reach the level of violence of this Sunday because on that occasion no shots were recorded. Late Sunday, among the investigators. The hypothesis was gaining strength that this conflict may also have a drug background.as they entrusted to Clarion high sources of the case.
In a video that went viral on social networks, at least six men seriously injured and covered of blood, while in the background the heartbreaking request for help from the people who were at the scene can be heard.
“Come on, compas, help,” a man shouts, while other people cry desperately.
In another version different from that of the Police, sources of the investigation indicated to Clarion that the place where the shooting occurred was taken by a group of Paraguayans who responded to the shooting at the arrival of residents of the Bolivian community, who were armed and tried to enter to take land.
These same sources specified that the activity of the tosqueras has been prohibited in La Matanza for ten years. That is why the place was abandoned and was used by different criminal gangs.
The prosecutor on duty from the Homicide Thematic Unit of La Matanza, Carlos Arribas, worked at the scene, who arranged various procedures to establish what happened, including taking testimonial statements and surveying the scene in search of served pods, weapons and possible suspects.
In addition, the prosecutor ordered the transfer of the bodies to the judicial morgue so that the required autopsies can be carried out.
