Relative of alleged criminal claims police prevented him from undergoing surgery at hospital
Luis Silverio, a relative of Edward de Jesús Pérez Silverio, alias “Carlos” and/or “Coco,” one of the alleged criminals who died after a confrontation in Santiago, said that his relative was going to have surgery after sustaining injuries, but that the National Police interrupted the process.
Silverio explained that he received a call at 5:00 a.m. this Friday informing him of a confrontation.
“They caught him wounded, and the authorities were already going to perform the surgery procedure, but the police refused and ended up killing him, as they say,” the relative explained after saying that Pérez Silverio was taken to a health center after the confrontation.
He added that police authorities explained that a warrant was needed to perform the surgery. “They don’t have to wait for a warrant; the penal code says that no one has the right, no member of the military has the right, to remove a patient from a hospital when they arrive,” the man stated.
The National Police reported that Edward de Jesús Pérez Silverio, 36 years old, was injured and later died in a confrontation on the North Ring Road.
They detailed that he had multiple arrest warrants and an extensive criminal history that includes murders in 2016, aggravated homicide in 2018, robberies committed between 2008 and 2017, and direct links to drug trafficking.
The confrontation in Santiago
National Police spokesman Diego Pesqueira reported that Edward de Jesús Pérez Silverio was part of a dangerous criminal organization that operated on Santiago’s Northern Ring Road and that authorities dismantled it.
In addition to Silverio, two alleged criminals and a law enforcement officer, identified as Sergeant Juan Isaac Espinal Jiménez, also died.
Two confrontations were recorded; in the first one, Eduardo Paúl Pérez Mercado, alias “Macá”, 39 years old, was killed.
According to the police report, Mercado had several outstanding arrest warrants for homicide, criminal association, and contract killing.
The other criminal was identified as Andrelina Santos Ulloa, alias “La Patrona”, 29 years old, who died in the same scenario along with “Macá”.
Investigations indicate that she acted as the “lead” of the gang, responsible for arriving first at locations to identify areas of operation and also serving as a driver in various criminal acts that were captured on security cameras.
