Two Venezuelan cousins were murdered in a rural area of the province of El Oro, in Ecuador. The authorities confirmed their identities thanks to a bee tattoo that they both had in common.
The victims were identified as Genesis Tomedez and Joselyn Nazareth, whose bodies were located during the night of April 6 in a banana sector that was difficult to access.
The discovery occurred after an alert to the ECU911 system, which mobilized police units and agents from the National Directorate of Investigation of Crimes against Life, according to several local newspapers.
Upon arriving at the site, the officials They found the bodies on the side of a rural road, near a farm.
They had multiple gunshot wounds to the head.
According to preliminary reports, the Venezuelan cousins murdered in Ecuador They had multiple gunshot wounds to the head, with entry and exit holes.
At the site, ballistic evidence was collected, including 9 millimeter caliber shells, incorporated into the investigation.
Due to the location of the wounds and the manner of the attack, the police’s main hypothesis is that it was an execution.
Investigators presume that the victims They were taken alive to that remote place and murdered. away from witnesses.
Identified by a common tattoo
Initially, the bodies remained unrecognized at the Machala Forensic Center.
It was a common tattoo, a bee accompanied by the date 07.10.2021, which allowed relatives to confirm their identities and family ties.
According to the information collected, The young women had been residing in Ecuador for a short time and they did not have direct relatives in the country, which has complicated subsequent procedures.
Their bodies remain in Forensic Medicine waiting for relatives to contact the authorities to manage repatriation.
