{"id":150008,"date":"2025-06-11T21:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/they-posed-as-sijin-agents-to-kidnap-two-brothers-in-santa-marta-here-is-the-story\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T21:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:11:14","slug":"they-posed-as-sijin-agents-to-kidnap-two-brothers-in-santa-marta-here-is-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/they-posed-as-sijin-agents-to-kidnap-two-brothers-in-santa-marta-here-is-the-story\/","title":{"rendered":"They posed as Sij\u00edn agents to kidnap two brothers in Santa Marta: here is the story."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Incidents of Kidnapping in Santa Marta Raise Security Concerns<\/h2>\n
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Los ciudadanos afirmaron no tener idea a d\u00f3nde fueron trasladados – cr\u00e9dito Freepik<\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Recently, a shocking incident occurred in the residential complex \u00a0Parques de Bol\u00edvar Etapa 1\u00a0 in Santa Marta, where kidnappers disguised as \u00a0Sij\u00edn agents\u00a0 broke in, raising serious concerns about the \u00a0security systems\u00a0 in the region. Witnesses were reportedly alarmed at how vulnerable their community had become to such brazen acts.<\/p>\n

According to local news outlet \u00a0Alerta Caribe\u00a0, the \u00a0Torres Escorcia brothers\u00a0, \u00a0Pedro Segundo\u00a0 and \u00a0Sergio Miguel\u00a0, were released unharmed after being held captive for \u00a012 hours\u00a0. This event raised numerous questions among their family and friends regarding the motive and identity of the perpetrators.<\/p>\n

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The unfortunate incident took place in the early hours of \u00a0June 10, 2025\u00a0, when the criminals, posing as official personnel, gained access to the residential complex. This surprising turn of events led \u00a0Colonel Jaime R\u00edos Puerto\u00a0, commander of the \u00a0Santa Marta Metropolitan Police\u00a0, to confirm that the attackers presented \u00a0fake documents\u00a0 and wore imitation police uniforms to enter the brothers’ apartment without raising any suspicions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have \u00a0audiovisual evidence\u00a0 showing that the assailants used a \u00a0simulation of authority\u00a0 to gain entry into the building. They entered the complex, located the apartment, and extracted the brothers with total calm, as if it were a legal procedure,\u201d stated Colonel R\u00edos in interviews with local media.<\/p>\n

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Los ciudadanos permanecieron varias horas en poder de sus captores, aunque no hay mayores detalles de los m\u00f3viles del caso – cr\u00e9dito Freepik<\/figcaption><\/div>\n

In response, the \u00a0Metropolitan Police\u00a0 initiated an emergency response plan in coordination with \u00a0Gaula\u00a0, the Judicial Police, and the \u00a0General Prosecutor’s Office\u00a0. Colonel R\u00edos explained, \u201cFollowing the initial report, we deployed all our institutional resources. Evidence collection included \u00a0technical and physical evidence\u00a0, as well as an analysis of security camera footage from the complex and surrounding areas. This led to the brothers being returned to their residence that same afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Torres Escorcia brothers were released near their home, but couldn\u2019t specify the exact location of their captivity. Colonel R\u00edos mentioned, \u201cThey claim they were neither mistreated nor tortured. They were simply taken to an unspecified location and later returned to the vicinity of where they were initially taken.\u201d After their release, both brothers received medical attention, and their physical health was deemed good, although they displayed signs of \u00a0emotional distress\u00a0 from the ordeal.<\/p>\n

Authorities revealed that one line of investigation points to potential \u00a0interpersonal conflicts\u00a0 in \u00a0Puebloviejo\u00a0, the hometown of the brothers, as a potential motive behind the kidnapping. Adding to the complexity, it was disclosed that \u00a0one brother was under house arrest\u00a0, leading investigators to explore theories related to \u00a0settling of scores\u00a0, though confirmation depends on the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot rule out any hypotheses. We are investigating whether this was the work of an organized criminal group or common criminals. Therefore, the investigation remains active and is closely coordinated with the \u00a0Prosecutor’s Office\u00a0,\u201d emphasized Colonel R\u00edos.<\/p>\n

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Llama la atenci\u00f3n que los criminales devolvieron sanos y salvos a los ciudadanos – cr\u00e9dito Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Colonel R\u00edos took the opportunity to call on the community to utilize official channels to report any suspicious activity, emphasizing that citizen information is \u00a0crucial\u00a0 for preventing and anticipating criminal events that could impact the public. \u201cPeople need to communicate with us, build trust, and report. We need to know where in the city we must strengthen our interventions and where criminal structures or illegal networks are present. Citizen information is vital for preventing these situations,\u201d he urged the community.<\/p>\n


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Incidents of Kidnapping in Santa Marta Raise Security Concerns Los ciudadanos afirmaron no tener idea a d\u00f3nde fueron trasladados – cr\u00e9dito Freepik Recently, a shocking incident occurred in the residential complex \u00a0Parques de Bol\u00edvar Etapa 1\u00a0 in Santa Marta, where kidnappers disguised as \u00a0Sij\u00edn agents\u00a0 broke in, raising serious concerns about the \u00a0security systems\u00a0 in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6862,12968,10930,2336,36809,36810,787,36811,2667,17274,36812,36817,33872,91,36813,36814,14875,11281,7706,590,7286,5147,36816,11301,7287,36815,3138,1294],"class_list":["post-150008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mazagine","tag-adult","tag-agents","tag-background","tag-brothers","tag-caucasian-ethnicity","tag-close-up","tag-dark","tag-emotional-stress","tag-hands","tag-holding","tag-human-hand","tag-kidnap","tag-marta","tag-men","tag-on","tag-one-person","tag-outdoors","tag-posed","tag-prisoner","tag-problems","tag-rope","tag-santa","tag-sijin","tag-story","tag-tied","tag-tied-up","tag-trapped","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}