They shoot at the car of a sailor who works in the port captaincy of Posorja

The vehicle of a frigate lieutenant who works in the Posorja port captaincy was shot at on the night of Thursday, March 17.

From a motorcycle, unknown individuals fired at least eight times at the van-type vehicle, which was parked outside the naval checkpoint in that coastal sector.

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Ten ballistic signs were found at the scene. The motorcycle used by the attackers was abandoned three blocks away.

There it was discovered that it was reported stolen and a security camera was analyzed at that point to identify those who opened fire on the marine’s vehicle.

No injuries were reported in this attack, because the vehicle had been parked minutes before and the driver of the car had just entered a building.

A source mentioned that minutes before there had been an alert of alleged drug contamination in a boat that was going to set sail, and that the frigate lieutenant (owner of the truck) had been taken to the dock to take a boat and go check the information. information.

Personnel from the National Directorate of Aquatic Spaces (Dirnea) presume that they are trying to intimidate those who work in Posorja due to the latest work carried out to seize drugs and recover stolen engines.

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The entity reported that on Monday, March 14, a seizure of half a ton of drugs was made in Panama on the Santos vessel, the same vessel that would have been contaminated days before when leaving the port of Posorja. The Posorja sailors alerted their Panamanian peers to check the ship.

Major Carlos Flores, police chief of the Progreso district, mentioned that the intelligence units have been activated and that they still do not know if the institution or the owner of the vehicle have received threats. (I)