The following of three robberies recorded between the afternoon and the night of Monday put insecurity back at the center of concern in Cochabamba. The events left a dead free-trader, three people injured and two robberies with large sums of money, while the police intensified investigations to identify those responsible.
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The following of three robberies recorded between the afternoon and the night of Monday put insecurity back at the center of concern in Cochabamba. The events left a dead free-trader, three people injured and two robberies with large sums of money, while the police intensified investigations to identify those responsible.
Hugo M., a 44-year-old free-trader, died after being shot twice during a robbery in which criminals tried to steal a backpack with $100,000. Another 57-year-old free-trader was stripped of $10,000 and two thousand euros in the area of El Castillo, Sacaba. Offenders raided a money exchange house and threatened the cashier with a gun to take the money.