Colombian authorities are looking for two people wanted for the murder of a Peruvian teenager who was thrown from a bridge after being asked what country he was from.
The suspects, believed to be Venezuelan nationals, confronted Silvano Cantaro on a car bridge in Cauca province and recorded him being knocked against a guardrail. One of the men instructed the 19-year-old to “speak clearly” and “speak correctly” before his associate asked him to point his phone camera at Cantaro.
Silvano Cantaro was reportedly persuaded by a Colombian named Andres to travel to Medellin, Colombia, where he could buy clothes at a discount and then take them back to Peru, where he They can be sold at a higher price.
He then asked Cantaro where he was from, and the unarmed teenager said he was from the central province of Huanuco.
The attacker then asked Cantaro: “What country are you from?” He replied: “From Peru.”
The man walked up to Cantaro and threw him over a guardrail before falling into a wooded area in Mercaderes, Cauca. He then threw Cantaro’s backpack off the bridge.
The suspect behind the camera runs over and yells, “Delete it.” “Dead is dead,” and the video cuts off.
Colombia’s national police announced Saturday that they had found a body matching Cantaro’s description.
Cantaro worked at a market in Huanuco, where he met a Colombian named Andres and a Venezuelan who convinced him that if he traveled to Medellin, Colombia, he More money can be made where he can buy clothes and sell them back home again at a higher price.
In Colombia, Silvano Cántaro was caught and thrown off a bridge after two men asked him what country he was from. After he answered that he was from Huanuco, Peru, one of the suspects grabbed him and threw him over the bridge’s guardrail. Authorities discovered the 19-year-old’s body on Saturday.
