Police confirm that the killer of the three agents was the man executed in Santurce

Puerto Rico’s designated police commissioner, Antonio López Figueroa, confirmed this afternoon that the man was found dead in Santurce in the early hours of Tuesday, identified as David Emanuel Rivera Batiz is the killer of state police officer Luis Marrero Díaz, as well as municipal police officers Luis Salamán Conde and Eliezer Hernández Cartagena.

Rivera Batiz, 25, a resident of Ponce, was killed and his body was found with a sign that read: “I am responsible for killing the guards. Here is”.

The colonel confirmed that Rivera Batiz belonged to the criminal organization known as “FARC” and that he was one of those involved in the assassination of Isadora Nieves, known as Pinky Curvy. He indicated that the individual had a criminal record for stolen vehicles, the Weapons Act, and was a suspect in several crimes in the Ponce area.

Regarding the possibility of Rivera Batiz collaborating with the agents, López Figueroa said that this angle “is being investigated and we cannot provide data related to it”.

During a press conference, Lieutenant-Colonel Rolando Trinidad presented several images recovered from cameras near the area of ​​the incident, which helped identify the Batiz River, including a tattoo with the name in italics “Sophia” on his arm and another tattoo. left foot.

He claimed that the images were evaluated by an expert to confirm that the executed young man was, in fact, responsible for the murder.

The Commissioner-designate pointed out that the investigation is still open and called for public cooperation to find out where Carlos Cotto, known as “Wassa”, who is suspected of several crimes and other criminal cases, is. The name “Wassa” originally appeared as one of the suspects in the officers’ case.

He also indicated that the investigation is continuing to find the person responsible for Rivera Batiz’s death. “Every death is important, that young man is someone’s son,” he said.

The police remained until this afternoon in the residence of Luis Llorens Torres, where the person who shot the policemen took refuge and ran over them. Deputy Commissioner for Criminal Investigations Rolando Trinidad said yesterday that they had more confidence in different people and that he did not rule out that the criminal had cooperated.

The director of the Institute of Legal Sciences (ICF), María Conte Miller, has already submitted the autopsy reports of the three police officers, as well as the results of Rivera Batiz’s autopsy.

Conte Miller also said he is testing various vehicles to gather evidence that may contain genetic material. An examination of the ballistics collected on the spot, which will serve to detail which weapons were used in the murder, also remains to be completed.

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