Two police officers were killed on Sunday while pursuing alleged criminals in the municipality of Bosa, in the southwest of Bogota, Colombia.
The fatalities have been identified as Deputy Superintendent José Alirio Sánchez Ojeda and patrolman Gustavo David Bohórquez Chanchila.
The Bogota Metropolitan Police has confirmed to RCN Radio that both officers died at the scene. In addition, the police force has announced that it is offering a reward of up to 200 million Colombian pesos (about 400,000 euros) for information leading to the identification and location of the suspects.
«Criminals with firearms perpetrated this act that we repudiate and regret. But we will go to the ultimate consequences to locate and capture these criminals,» said a spokesman for the capital’s police.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has indicated that he has asked that those responsible for the incident be identified and brought to justice.
«The murders of Deputy Superintendent José Sánchez and patrolman Gustavo Bohórquez of the Bogotá Police will not go unpunished,» he added.
The mayor of Bogota, Claudia Lopez Hernandez, has asked the judicial bodies to «give full priority to the investigation.» «All my solidarity and the accompaniment that is needed to our Police to clarify the facts,» she said in a message on her profile on the social network Twitter.
