On the afternoon of last Friday, October 16, a serious accident occurred after a hitman attack on a funeral caravan that was traveling along the Piedecuesta-Floridablanca road, in Santander.
According to a preliminary report, known by the Investigative Unit of EL TIEMPO, the gunmen tried to murder a young merchant who was accompanying his brother, Yeison Fabián Hernández Colmenares, at the funeral of his girlfriend’s grandfather.
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Attack and record
The hitman attack caused an accident. Photo:Private archive, social networks
The objective of the attack was Wilber Hernández Colmenares, who was traveling with his wife in a red Mazda 3, with plates INL419, when they were intercepted by the hitmen who were traveling on two motorcycles.
Hernandez received 5 gunshot wounds that caused him to lose control of the vehicle that crashed into other vehicles, triggering a chain collision that ended with the Mazda on fire, in front of the establishment known as Rancho JR.
The subject, along with his partner identified as Sandra Isaza Henao, were transferred to the International Hospital of Colombia where they are recovering.
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Two convictions
This is how the vehicles were left after the hitman attack. Photo:Private archive, social networks
Judicial sources They confirmed the merchant’s identity document to the EL TIEMPO Investigative Unit and this newspaper established that he had two convictions.
One of these is for the crime of illegal possession of weapons, dates back to June 2008. On that occasion, a two-year sentence was imposed.
And in June 2017 he was convicted of possession of narcotics. This time, he was sent to La Modelo. In that file, the Prosecutor’s Office assured that Hernández was in charge of distributing drugs in Floridablanca and Barrancabermeja: “He used encrypted language so as not to be detected.”
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Gold trader?
There is also a file for reception, for which he was captured in 2020. In that case he did not accept charges and the Prosecutor’s Office did not request a security measure.
Now it is being investigated whether any of these cases are related to the violent attack of which he was a victim. EL TIEMPO attempted to communicate with Hernández Colmenares’ lawyer who represented him in that process, but he did not answer the calls or messages.
However, relatives assure that the injured man is dedicated to the legal gold trade and money lender, and that he had no threats.
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