Around 10 in the morning on Monday, October 5, Yesid Camacho Torres, a 49-year-old businessman who was leaving a gym in Barbosa (Santander) in his vehicle, Along with his wife and sister-in-law, they were intercepted by hitmen on a motorcycle who shot them with a 38-caliber Colt Trooper revolver.
The merchant was taken to a hospital in the municipality where he arrived without vital signs, while his wife died at the medical center due to the severity of her injuries and a third person is recovering.
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Hotels and motorcycles
The hitmen arrested for the crime of Camacho Torres. Photo:Provided by authorities
About 12 hours after the attack, one of the hitmen was arrested in the rural area of the municipality of Vélez and the other, in the urban area of the municipality of Guavatá.
The criminals are 20 and 21 years old and are from Venezuela and Barrancabermeja. It is now known that the Honda motorcycle with which the attack was carried out had been stolen hours before and who had arrived in the municipality a couple of days ago. In fact, it is already documented that while they were staying in a hotel they were finalizing details of the attack.
The Santander Police assure that the hitmen would have received a large sum of money for carrying out the businessman’s crime. For this reason, researchers are already reviewing whether the attack would be related to Camacho Torres’ juicy businesses.
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The premises in Tunja and Bucaramanga
One of the businesses linked to Camacho Torres in fireworks. Photo:Social networks
The Investigative Unit of EL TIEMPO investigated and established that In the area it is known for the sale and breeding of Paso Fino horses.
In fact, he has photographs on his social networks. setting up some of the specimens and promoting another of his businesses: fireworks.
According to commercial records held by authorities and this newspaper, since at least 2016 Camacho Torres was registered in the Bucaramanga Chamber of Commerce as trader in the live entertainment and chemical manufacturing sectors.
And in Tunja (Boyacá) a place appeared at least until 2025 called Vaquero San José del Pare, dedicated to the sale of fireworks and in Bucaramanga (Santander) An establishment called Megapirotecnia still appears.
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Emeralds and financial services
Camacho Torres also had business in Bogotá. Photo:Private file
At least until July 2015, Camacho Torres also had businesses in Bogotá, where he was registered as a merchant in financial service activities, except insurance and pensions.
And in a document from 2003, the year in which registration opened in the capital, registered financial intermediation in the commercialization of emeralds as an economic activity.
Apart from business, Camacho Torres owned a store in the San Isidro de Vélez shopping center (Santander). And in the same The municipality had a property in the Caobos Stage 4 urbanization, two apartments and six lots.
In the north of Bogotá it appears an apartment and in Moniquirá (Boyacá) another lot.
Although the Santander Police told EL TIEMPO on two occasions that the woman who died in the attack was Camacho Torres’ wife, Other sources assured that they had no relationship or relationship and that it was collateral damage from the attack.
The two arrested for the crime of the businessman They will be charged with the crimes of homicide, personal injury, possession and trafficking of firearms.
And with these captures it is hoped to reach the intellectual authors.
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