The victims were lured from their homes by the detainees. Twelve days later, they found their bodies in several clandestine graves in Zacatecoluca, La Paz.
The Attorney General’s Office ordered the arrest of three men accused of missing a married couple, ostensibly to take their property.
Arrested Edwin Antonio Muñoz Pineda, 30, who is said to be involved in witchcraft; Irvin Amílcar Polanco, 32, and Guillermo Mejía Castellón, 25; They will receive justice for the disappearance of Cristóbal Leonel Méndez Ortiz, 79, and María Elena Bonilla Rodríguez, 56.
The victims disappeared from their home in Tecoluca, San Vicente on November 27.
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The prosecution will be presenting the charges against the three detainees for the couple’s disappearance in San Vicente in the coming hours. Photo courtesy of the parquet.
Twelve days later, on December 9, the authorities of tax and legal medicine exhumed the bodies of Méndez Ortiz and Bonilla Rodríguez in two clandestine graves in the canton of Paredes del Zacatecoluca, in the department of La Paz.
The prosecution investigation revealed that Méndez Ortíz and Bonilla Rodríguez were taken from their homes by the detainees with “tricks”. They were told they were going to perform a “cleanup” as Muñoz Pineda is dedicated to practicing witchcraft.
In fact, he calls himself Chaman because he believes he is a witch who makes predictions and practices healing through “hidden powers” and natural products.
Muñoz Pineda and Polanco were taken prisoner while removing the victims’ belongings from the latter’s home.
In the vehicle they used to transport the belongings, prosecutors found a deed of sale of the house, owned by Mendéz Ortíz, but in favor of Muñoz Pineda.
They also confiscated Méndez Ortíz’s DUI and Tax ID Card (NIT).
Despite the arrests of the three suspects who have left the couple missing, tax investigations continue to determine whether the deed of sale was forged, as well as whether the pair was intended to disappear.
The tax authorities do not specify in detail what kind of relationship existed between the detainees and the victims.
In the coming hours, the San Vicente prosecutor’s office will present charges against the three detainees for the couple’s disappearance, but the two murders may be added later.