The night of April 20, 2022 was the darkest day in Diana’s life*. He left work at around 7 pm, got on his bike and went to his home in the municipality of Chía. Cundinamarca.
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was moving around Northern Highway When he saw some red and blue lights in the middle of the forest separating 245th Street. This is where the nightmare started.
Seconds later, she felt herself being held by only two men, dragged into the bushes, and threatened with death. “We’re going to stab you if you don’t shut up. That’s what they told me. One of them had a knife with a white handle, like a kitchen knife,” he said.
Then they took the suitcase from him, opened it and shook it on the grass. “I only had my papers, makeup, toothbrush, cell phone charger and hat. I remember one of them wearing it. Then my cell phone fell and they took it.”
As if the scene weren’t terrifying in itself, Diana saw a man very close, with his hands and feet tied and his face down. “She was so scared. I noticed they had taken off her coat. The one with the knife put it on. She was like the leader of this gang,” Diana said. The criminal said she would kill him if he made the slightest noise. Then he unlaced his tennis shoes, tied his hands and feet, and put a shoelace in his mouth. They reiterated that if he cooperated, nothing would happen to him.
In the middle of the scene, the victims realized that when they immobilized one, they were starting out as ‘catching prey’. “The man wearing the hat told me to stay calm. He asked me where he lived and was able to say that he did it because his mother was sick. He also showed me his leg, he had a new scar.
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Despite the gruesome scene, Diana thought the gang just wanted to steal money and valuables until she saw the gang leader return with a wooden-colored knife.
They were looking for the bullet they dropped when the man started making obscene comments.. “He started talking about my mouth first. Then he forced me to give him a blowjob. It sucked”.
The victim was not only enraged, but also exposed because he realized they had recorded him with a flash-enabled cell phone.
Then they continued the robbery as if nothing had happened. They asked the other citizen how many reals he had on his card. And frightened, he told them it was 600,000 pesos.
Not content with seeing the panicked man, they took the pliers and imprisoned him in his foot. It was his way of forcing them to reveal their account keys in exchange for not losing a finger. “The boy said a few tricks and the robbers threatened him with death, asked which bank he was from, and stabbed him.”
The victim repeated that he has a million and only has the option to make two transactions per day. “Then he did the same to me. “He said he’d pull my finger out if I didn’t stop crying,” Diana said.
With this information obtained at the threat point, the gang members left that point of the separator to finish committing the robbery.
They moved on the bikes they stole. “I told them they could get the money from Toberín. They said they wouldn’t let us go until they got the money.”
They managed to search for the relatives of the young man, but the criminals forced him to say that he was fine, only injuring himself.
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When Diana thought the worst was over, the gang leader told her she would release it again at another point on the divider. “He picked me up from the ground and told me to walk, but I couldn’t because my laces were loose. I saw you take your knife and cut my laces. He took me to a mountain very close to the train track.”
The criminal tore a white cloth and tied it to his victim’s mouth. “He told me not to shout or he would stab me. He abused me at the time and re-recorded everything. This took three to five minutes. Then he took a sock and cleaned my private part.”
The last thing the victim heard was being repeatedly told to walk without looking back.
The other victim, the man, heard Diana’s desperate cries, but he was helplessly unable to help her. They were always watched and threatened with torture or death.
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Days passed with no clue of the heroes of the robberies and abuses on the northern highway. Paradoxically, they crashed while performing another bike theft with the same operating style. In Tunjuelito, they stole the money, jewelry and mobile phones of two citizens passing through the Fátima region.
Although both citizens did not resist, they were attacked with knives and firearms.
Gang members tried to flee the scene in a vehicle driven by a minor. But it didn’t take long for them to be caught.
The Uniformed Police Department, which was on patrol in the sector, noticed what had happened and continued the arrest process.
The dreaded criminals had a firearm, traumatic and sharp weapon in their hands.
The prosecution accused the detainees of being responsible for aggravated theft; use of minors to commit crimes and illegal possession of firearms. None of them admitted to the charges.
Yes, investigators reviewed the premises and immediately found a correlation with the North highway cases. Also, after seeing a photo album, victims like Diana recognized them.
The prosecution will refer the indictment in the coming days against those investigated for their alleged involvement in the sexual abuse of two women, which occurred on April 20 at the height of 245th Street on the Northern Highway in Bogotá.
These men were the same people who came out of the mess to attack Diana and another woman.
They are the same people who bowed down and raped a citizen with white weapons from whom they would steal his bike, cell phone and money.
It is believed that this gang, which turned the Autonorte separator into a torture center, had many more victims.
* Names changed.
Carol Malaver
Deputy Editor Bogota
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@CarolMalaver
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