Colombian police announced this week the arrest of a woman known as “The Doll.” Local media reported that the woman was a notorious hitman employed by a criminal organization involved in several murders in the country.
Police in the Magdalena Medio region posted a video on social media this week showing the woman, identified by local news outlet Diario del Norte as 22-year-old Karen Juliet Ojeda Rodriguez, being taken into custody along with a male suspect. It showed what it looked like.
Police said a woman known as “La Muñeca” or “The Doll” and a male suspect, identified by the alias “Leopold,” were taken into custody on suspicion of possessing a 9mm handgun and were shot with bullets. It is said that he was Ballistic tests to check whether it was used in a crime in the city of Barrancabermeja.
Lt. Col. Mauricio Herrera called the arrests “an important achievement in the fight against murder.”
Diario del Norte newspaper reported that the 22-year-old woman was the second-in-command of a gang called Los de la M, which is competing with other criminal organizations to crack down on drug trafficking in the northern region of Santander. Ta.
Policia Magdalena Medio (screenshot)
According to the newspaper’s report, “La Muñeca” entered the underworld at the age of 18 and at the time of his arrest was in charge of coordinating targeted assassinations, along with his former partner, a man known as “Orejas.” It is said that he was murdered. ear. ”
CBS News contacted Magdalena Medio’s news office for more information, but did not immediately receive a response.
According to El Espectador newspaper, there have been more than 120 murders in Barrancabermeja so far this year.
Policia Magdalena Medio (screenshot)