Cali: Woman murdered at MIO station was meeting an appointment – Cali – Colombia



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The murder of a woman inside a station of the MIO mass transit system caused shock and pain in eastern Cali.

Mayor Jorge Iván Ospina went to the site to express his rejection of the crime and said that he should not go unpunished. The authorities offered a reward of 20 million pesos.

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At 9:29 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, María Cristina Ballen was at the station in the Santa Mónica Popular sector, in the area where buses are expected on the routes to the east of the city.

There he was meeting an appointment that they would have made for him via cell phone. One version says that she was called to meet a grandson left by a son of hers who was murdered six years ago.

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It was a person who climbs through one of the side doors and then causes four injuries to the victim.

The Secretary of Security, Carlos Rojas, described as serious this type of criminal action in a public service space and against a woman. The lady was summoned to a site in the local east and they did not meet her in front of a chain store.

She decided to go home. So, according to the first inquiries, through his cell phone they would have told him to get off at that station on the 25th and 28th street.

In a video, a man is seen leaning against the metal wall of the station, about five meters from the victim.

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María Cristina Ballen, victim at the MIO station

María Cristina Ballen, victim at the MIO station.

Suddenly, the man reaches into the waistband, draws a gun, and hurries toward the woman. When he is one meter away, he aims with both hands and shoots. In the same place were two minors who reflect their panic about what is happening.

“It was a person who climbed through one of the side doors and then caused four injuries to the victim. This can no longer be allowed in a society“said Rojas, who noted that information is being used to identify and locate the aggressor and other people involved. ssssssssss

The video shows that the aggressor jumps through the passenger access door to the buses and remains open due to damage attributed to users.

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In principle, the name of the victim was not established because he would not have documents, but later it was specified that it was María Cristina Ballen, 46, who was a mother and grandmother.

The victim received four impacts, one to the head, one to the right forearm and clavicle, and one to the shoulder blade

Authorities are looking for a slim, young-looking man who wore a mask, a red cap, a white long-sleeved T-shirt with different colored spots, and sports shoes.

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The commander of the Metropolitan Police, General Manuel Vásquez, confirmed the reward in an attempt to clarify the crime and indicated that the investigation should be awaited to specify the motives

Mayor Jorge Iván Ospina said that it is a cowardly attack and pointed out that everything would indicate that she would be an ex-partner, “That it is a feminicide.”

The MIO station, at 25 intersection with 28 Norte Street, remained in service during extended hours for the day without VAT in Colombia.

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