Lo que se sabe del crimen de Socorro Alzate en Palmira: criminales incendiaron finca para ocultar las pruebas
Palmira, Valle del Cauca, tuvo este año un incremento del 39 % en muertes por causa violenta frente al 2024. Una de las 194 personas asesinadas era Socorro Alzate, una ingeniera de sistemas residente en Estados Unidos y con doble nacionalidad, quien fue asaltada en su finca 11 días después de su llegada a Colombia. Los criminales trataron de borrar las huellas incendiando la propiedad, pero no lo consiguieron.
TL;DR
- Palmira, Valle del Cauca, has seen a 39% increase in violent deaths in the current year compared to the previous one.
- Socorro Alzate, a systems engineer with dual Colombian-American nationality, was murdered in her farm.
- Alzate was assaulted 11 days after arriving in Colombia to oversee construction on her property.
- Her death was attributed to multiple stab wounds, and the criminals attempted to destroy evidence by burning the auxiliary housing.
- Alzate, 58, had lived in the U.S. for 24 years and was a resident of New York, holding U.S. citizenship for over 10 years.
- She visited her family annually but feared insecurity in Colombia.
- The Fiscalía has significant leads to identify and apprehend the responsible individuals.
- The U.S. government has shown interest in the case.