Overview
- The detained suspect, identified by police as Víctor Hugo Álvarez, 42, was arrested in barrio El Pueblito in connection with the October 7 assault on a nun in Las Palmas.
- Officers seized a blue Gilera Smash 110 cc motorcycle, a black helmet, and a cellphone during the arrest, and police say the nun is out of danger after receiving medical care.
- A separate robbery on Monday night in Los Plátanos was captured on video as four assailants on two motorcycles dragged a woman while trying to steal her backpack.
- The victim in that case filed a complaint, and Córdoba Police later recovered her motorcycle abandoned a few blocks from the scene.
- Authorities say the Los Plátanos suspects are believed to be identified, according to local outlet El Doce, while the prosecutor’s office works with recordings and neighbors’ testimonies.