Vallenato singer released in Norte de Santander

The merchant, singer of Vallenato music and professor at the Francisco de Paula Santander University section, Fray Alonso Salcedo Villegas, was released in the last hours in a lonely place.

Official sources indicated that Salcedo was left near a fuel station, he is in good health and the demands of the group that kept him in their power are unknown.

Lieutenant Colonel Mauricio Rico Guzmán, commander (e) of the Norte de Santander Police Department (Denor), reported that Salcedo’s release took place in the Salcedo de Cesar municipality.

The artist was traveling with his wife in a white Tucson truck, which was approached by the kidnappers. A total of approximately 10 individuals with handguns and masks broke in and identified themselves as members of Los Pelusos.

“It was a moment of anguish, there were several armed men who arrived with masks and long-range weapons, and they identified themselves as members of ‘Los Pelusos'”A witness of what happened detailed to the authorities.

According to the witness, the kidnappers approached the occupants of the vehicle and took them to the mountainous area and, 15 minutes later, returned without them and left the truck in the same area.

Fray Alonso Salcedo Villegas, administrator of the Patiecitos service station, in the village of Agua Clara, at the exit of the municipality of Ocaña, is known by the residents of the area as a quiet man who enjoys singing vallenatos and, in his spare time, makes some presentations.

According to Semana magazine, This would be the third kidnapping, so far in 2020, in the Agua Clara municipality of Ocaña, Norte de Santander.

Four months ago, on the night of Tuesday, July 28, the 69-year-old farmer Irenio Bohórquez was kidnapped, for the second time, after being intercepted by six armed men at his ‘El Uvito’ farm. The family has been the target of at least five abductions in recent years.

“In 2020 Evangelista Bohórquez Contreras, Irenio’s cousin, his wife Mary Cristina Bohórquez Zapata and their son Carlos Guillermo Bohórquez were also kidnapped. The last two were released hours later in the rural area of ​​Catatumbo. However, Evangelista has been missing for more than four months and no group has claimed responsibility for the fact “, said Semana.

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