Minute30.com .- Deep consternation shakes Bucaramanga over the death of a plainclothes police officer who prevented the robbery of a jewelry store in the Cabecera sector; The incident triggered a violent armed confrontation between criminals and the Metropolitan Police.
The violent confrontation in Bucaramanga culminated in the death of Chief Mayor Fredy Francisco Leal Briceño, an experienced investigator with the Metropolitan Police. The officer was killed in the exchange of gunfire with a criminal gang, which was confirmed to have come from Barranquilla.
Due to the seriousness of the event, the Police have taken extreme measures: all uniformed officers who were on rest or vacation have been called to reinforce security in the city.
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His death will not go unpunished
The Commander of the Metropolitan Police, Colonel William Quintero Salazar, lamented the loss of Mayor Leal, ordering that all uniformed personnel who were on rest or vacation reinforce security in Bucaramanga.
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For his part, Brigadier General William Oswaldo Rincón Zambrano, director of the Police, detailed “a hero of our Institution, he was murdered in the crossfire.”
He also expressed “all my solidarity with his family, with the promise that this act will not go unpunished.”
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