Release of Natalia Salazar: kidnappers were waiting for me in the car, says university – Cali – Colombia

“I want to thank all the entities that helped my parents to cope with this suffering that, I imagine it was not easy for them and not for me, all this time that I was missing, but with the collaboration and help of all we reached this moment“said the Business and International Relations student, who was missing for six days.

The family and the Secretary of Government, Carlos Rojas, highlighted the task of the Military Gaula, the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) and the Police to release her on Saturday night. The release was greeted with applause and music in his neighborhood.

Natalia Salazar disappeared last Monday after leaving the residence of a friend, whom he had accompanied in the birthday celebration, since Sunday night

One version indicated that three men had accosted her when leaving. Natalia, 23, says they were waiting for her near the car. The student’s digital watch was found on that site. Then the vehicle was found in a public parking lot in the Villa del Lago neighborhood.

The relatives began to disclose the disappearance. Natalia says that “they were hooded people, they never showed themselves, I don’t know why they caught me, I don’t know how they got to me, that day was horrendous. Mand they took to a place that I don’t know either, because everything was dark. They didn’t tell me anything. They were never disrespectful, there were ugly things at first. Afterwards … everything was like … with the food …“

In networks there were versions about a ransom request, but that has not been confirmed by authorities. Security agencies consider that it is a gang that has been involved in these crimes with a lot of cell phone use to avoid being tracked.

Claudia Toro, the university’s mother, said that “they were waiting for her outside. From there we did not hear from her again. The authorities were informed. Now everything is under investigation. On Saturday she called and said ‘Mom they released me ‘It was a very big surprise for us. “

About those moments, the university student said: “They blindfolded me, they told me that I had to enlist because they were going to take me somewhere else. Then, after they left me on the street, I took a taxi and arrived here, at my house. It is happiness, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, I didn’t know if it was true that I was going to get to my house, I feel grateful to God, with all those who helped to collaborate and well, I’m here with my parents. “

The Secretary of Security, Carlos Rojas, said that “the first thing is to thank God for this opportunity for Natalia to return to her family. We wanted to be respectful of her decisions, it is a very delicate issue. The life of a child anything goes. Therefore, the importance of having all the care and responsibility. And guaranteeing that such a sensitive issue have all the intelligence to give the news of the return of Natalia Salazar“.

The official thanked “the Gaula, the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Police, who made an invincible team, established many interceptions, a finely planned follow-up in the spirit of establishing the location site and the criminals were cornered so that Natalia fortunately left Today, in the Gaula, we saw the reunion with his family. Telling criminals they don’t have a chance to succeed“.

The commander of the Third Brigade, Colonel Henry Mauricio López Cano, said that “it is important news for the country to have Miss Natalia Salazar safe and sound. A rigorous and intensive work by CTI, Prosecutor’s Office and Military Gaula del Valle There is a lot of technical material that will surely yield a second phase of this research process. “

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