“I want justice for my son.”
These were the only expressions that the mother of Javier Cordero Nevarez, the 16-year-old boy who died last night shot by agents of the Police Bureau in the midst of circumstances that are under investigation by the Special Investigations Bureau (NIE) and the Public Integrity Division of the Justice Department.
Sheila Nevarez offered expressions around 3:15 pm today, Tuesday, after leaving the Institute of Forensic Sciences (ICF), in San Juan, where she faced the difficult and painful process of identifying her son’s body. The teenager’s father angel lambwas also present.
To questions from the media, The woman – who lived in an apartment in San Juan with her son – maintained that the incident, from which dozens of bullet casings were recovered, “was an abuse.”. As confirmed by the Police Commissioner, Antonio Lopez Figueroathe young man was not armed at the time of the intervention for driving a vehicle that had been stolen in the Fontana urbanization.
In the back of the ICF this afternoon, for the purpose of investigation and scientific tests, the Hyundai vehicle that the minor was driving at the time of the events was kept. Multiple bullet holes can be seen in it, both on the driver’s left-side door and on the rear and front glass.
López Figueroa indicated that it all started when a Carolina citizen reported to the Police yesterday morning that his Hyundai Tucson car had been stolen in the Villa Fontana urbanization.
He added that the officers had access to videos from security cameras that captured the moment of the robbery in front of a residence. The video was disclosed by the Uniformed. López Figueroa added that the complainant also provided information on the location of the vehicle through a GPS, so the notification of the theft was not recorded in the Police system.
The Stolen Vehicle Division began monitoring him when he left the complainant’s residence and requested assistance from officers from other barracks. “From the GPS it is known that the vehicle is in Vista Hermosa, then it goes to the Luis Llorens Torres residential area and returns to Vista Hermosa, and it is intervened on 40th street of the La Rivera urbanization in Hato Rey,” López Figueroa told The new day.
“As soon as he is stopped, the policemen get out (of the patrol cars) and this (the driver) allegedly directs the vehicle and allegedly tries to run over the agents, and that is when the shooting begins”he added.
“It is an unfortunate fact for everyone, for the minor, the minor’s family and for the police”expressed López Figueroa, who said he could not offer more details due to ongoing investigations.