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Two Cahuita Policemen Arrested on Suspicion of Involment in Murder

Posted by Editor | June 16, 2008 | Categories: Crime & Punishment |

Cahuita Policemen Arrested
Two police officers are arrested. Photo by Mario Rojas courtesy of La Nacion

Two policement in Cahuita, with the last names Cortés and Angulo, have been arrested on suspicion of their involvement in the murder of two men and the attempted murder of two others.   Two other policemen are being sought for questioning in the same case.

This follows the deaths of 23-year-old Roy Gerardo Sotera Prenderas and 16-year-old Natanael Obregón Rodríguez, and the injury of two other men who apparently escaped death only by pretending to be dead.  The two injured men, brothers Alexánder Dixon Obregón, 22, and Ricardo Armando Dixon Obregón, 25, are in hospital under police guard.

The policemen themselves are not directly accused of the murders but investigators from the justice division (OIJ) are speculating that the police caught the 4 men and then turned them over to gang members who went on to torture the 4 men and kill 2 in what was apparently drug-trafficking related gang violence.

The murdered men were discovered still wearing police-issue handcuffs. Their bodies showed signs of torture.

Investigators discovered a bag with $80,000 in cash burried in the yard of one of the accused officers, leading investigators to believe that the killings had some relationship with the drug trade.  

More:
La Nacion: Policías en Limón fueron reclutados por banda de narcos
A.M. Costa Rica: Police officers are suspects in twin Cahuita murder


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