Madeleine Montes Castillo, 48, was killed on September 22 2020 in her business. Two men approached her on a motorcycle and one of them shot her repeatedly, apparently for opposing the illicit sale of narcotics in her area. The victim was transferred to the Reina Catalina Clinic, Baraboa headquarters, where they pronounced her dead.
Three months after the murder, and after the various investigations were completed, last sunday [27 December 2020] the authorities announced the capture of the alleged perpetrators of the crime: the mastermind of her murder, Ángel Fabián Avellaneda Negrete, alias ‘Mello’, owner of “Baraboa Pig”, a business next to Madeleine’s and Emir Rafael Gómez Melo, who allegedly facilitated the transport of the hitmen and helped them escape.
The victim had opposed the sale of narcotics, which lead to an argument with Avellaneda, who apparently hired two hitmen for $10 million to carry out the crime, before they then left the area.
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However, the Caribbean Affirmative organization has asked whether the 48-year-old merchant’s murder “could be related to her sexual orientation, since she openly recognized herself as a lesbian.”
Although the possibility that the murder was the result of extortion has been considered, Wilson Castañeda, director of the organization that defends the rights of the LGBTI community, called for the investigation to determine whether or not this crime constituted another case of gender violence.
Continue reading at: https://www.bluradio.com/blu360/caribe/exigen-determinar-si-asesinato-de-madeleine-montes-fue-por-su-orientacion-sexual (Source)
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