Published at: 23/04/2025 08:00 PM

(EL NACIONAL, April 20, 1972)

• On April 19, 1972, the 12-year-old boy, Luis Enrique Lugo, was murdered by members of the Metropolitan Police (PM).
• That night, in the El Nazareno neighborhood, behind block 6 of Propatria, police officers mortally wounded the child with a shot in the head.
• While the agents were carrying out an operation against two other young people inside block 6, detonations were heard and the boy, who was watching from a distance, was mortally wounded.
• From there, he was taken to the Catia Emergency Hospital, where he died minutes later.
• The ballistic test established that the boy died as a result of a shot fired by a PM agent, without the identity of the infanticide being revealed. Who in his defense stated that he used his gun against some exalted people and the bullet unfortunately hit the minor.
• At the time of the funeral of Luis Enrique Lugo, a commission of officials from the Intelligence and Prevention Directorate (DISIP) took the coffin of the coffin and carried out the burial secretly, in order to paralyze any popular overflow during the infant's pilgrimage to his last home.

Mazo News Team