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The authorities reported that on the morning of this Thursday a woman died inside a private car in Miranda, Cauca. According to the first versions, the victim died from a shot by a National Army soldier.
The Specific Command of Cauca, an organic military unit of the Third Division, in a statement says that it regrets the death caused by a gunshot by a member of the Force.
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The events occurred at around 8:30 am on Thursday, on the highway that leads from Miranda to the village of Guatemala. A car with three occupants was moving through that rural area, on the border between Cauca and the south of the Valley.
The car, white in color, arrived at a military checkpoint on that route. One version would indicate that the car would be reversing, and another indicates that the vehicle passed the checkpoint.
A bullet wound hit the woman, who was traveling in the front seat as a passenger.
The Specific Command of Cauca reported that “according to the first information, in the morning hours today, in the sector of Guatemala, municipality of Miranda, Cauca, when troops from the Alta Montaña Battalion No. 8 José María Vezga, Unidad organization of the Apollo Operational Command, carried out military control of the area, a woman was killed by a shot by a member of the Force “
The statement says that “the unit immediately reports what happened and is made known to the competent authorities, so that they, in their investigation process, determine the time, mode and place of what happened.”
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“The preliminary information is that this would have occurred at an Army checkpoint,” said Alejandro Ausecha, Secretary of Government of Miranda.
Regarding the identity of the victim, the official noted that “at this moment the corresponding urgent actions are being carried out to verify the official information.”
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