A day of dancing and joy, accompanied by Champeta music, ended with a night of terror for the residents of the Villanueva neighborhood between the Magdalena river and the Magdalena river. Barranquilla harbor corridor.
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“My dad went to play football in the afternoon, came back and was happy because he scored a few goals and told my mom he wasn’t that old. Then he went to the market to celebrate with him,” Yurleidys told the Última Hora Magdalena portal.
that girl Moses Rafael Pacheco de la CruzOne of the deaths of this new massacre in the Atlantic capital.
Although the rumba reached its peak after midnight, the prologue of the dance began at 12 noon as the sound crew began testing at a facility at Carrera 42 on Calle 2B.
After the brightness and bass of the champeta playing in the background stabilized, the pico was ready to light up the party in the background. company namewhere first attendees can sample local gastronomy served by an informal vendor on a roast rack.
In adjoining homes in this sector where low-income communities congregate, some men and women do their best to socialize with intoxicating drinks after sunset.
They came and sat on the plastic chairs on the terrace of the facility to get the best position next to the big speaker.
As the hours passed, the mood rose, fueled by beers and a drink or two. Other visitors were encouraged, but they couldn’t find a place on the terrace, so they had no choice but to position themselves in front of the stadium.
Suddenly, at 11:10 p.m., he they heard the first shots: According to eyewitnesses, unidentified people who came to the scene shot at the dancers without saying a word to anyone.
“There were several explosions,” said one of those present, describing the moment of anxiety and anguish after being caught in the middle of the bullets. He sought shelter and managed to find shelter. The seeds of panic have already been planted in the industry.
Videos posted on social networks showed pools of blood alongside numerous bodies. at least it is said three people died at the sceneIn the care center where they were transferred, it was confirmed that two more people died.
The care center mentioned was Barranquilla General Hospital, in the center of the city and close to the massacre site. From Villanueva’s panic to the chaos that occupies this medical institution with more than a dozen casualties, one after the other.
There the paramedics were running helplessly. save the lives of the injured. “Find me a probe, me a probe!” a doctor said as he squeezed the bloodied man’s chest. he asked his assistant.
Likewise, other young citizens who did not care about the doctors cried for them in an isolated area and asked the professionals to save the lives of their relatives. A uniformed policeman told them they couldn’t be there and had to go.
five people killedLudy del Carmen Londoño Muñoz, Georgina Ortiz Berrío, Moisés Rafael Pacheco de la Cruz, Dailes Mar Coronel Álvarez and Alberto Enrique Guerrero.
The names of the injured are: Jhon Jaime Polo Perea, Diana Patricia Coronado Villanueva, Miguel Ángel Castillo Bradford, Brandon Steven Gómez Vergara, Heliodoro Oliveros Rodríguez, Fernando Antonio Rocha Concha, Walberto Romero Arriguez, Yudis Patricia Barón Rivera, Zuleimy María Arroyo Durán . Beleño Romero, Jenyfer Paola Cervantes González, Juan Carlos Suárez Arriguez, Wilson Montes Genes and Clara Navarro Aconcha.
(Also: Barranquilla: reported five killed and 14 wounded in gunfire)
Night passed and dawn broke on Monday, March 20. The first rays of the sun illuminated the site of the massacre, able to gauge the magnitude of the horror and the confused faces of the survivors and neighbors.
As the rest of the city learns of a new massacre via social networks, second in less than two monthsafter the one registered in the neighborhood of El Santuario, where four people were killed.
“My condolences to all the relatives of the deceased, we don’t even know what happened. We do not explain ourselves. I’m so sorry, people of the Villanueva neighborhood. It’s the first time the Coach Super Turbo Organization is out there and it’s so sad that it happened,” said a spokesperson for the picture that entertained the party on Monday.
Today, the relatives of the victims mourn the departure of loved ones, including relatives of another of this wave of violence that occupied Barranquilla, amateur football player Moisés Pacheco, who went to celebrate his success and found death.
Deivis Lopez Ortega
EL TIEMPO correspondent – Barranquilla
On Twitter: @DeJhoLopez
Write me at deilop@eltiempo.com
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