Last Friday, April 22, around ten o’clock at night, a 39-year-old man from Pereira was last seen and was found dead without signs of violence on the morning of this Sunday, April 24, in Bogotá, a city where worked and lived a couple of years ago.
This is Hernán Felipe Mejía, who was wearing a blue shirt, black jacket and jeans at the time of his disappearance. Likewise, according to his relatives, the last time they knew any details of his whereabouts was just when he left the restaurant known as Mesa Franca, located in the town of Chapinero, northeast of Bogotá on Calle 61 with Carrera 5.
For this reason, family and friends, after not knowing about the whereabouts or receiving information from Mejía, began to rotate images with his photograph on social networks, so that some citizen could provide information on the whereabouts of the man.
However, according to authorities the man died of a suspected overdose of scopolamine after getting into a taxi where they would have tried to steal his belongings and, the excess of psychoactive substances would have caused the man to convulse and minutes later he lost his life.
So far no more is known about his death and the body is in Legal Medicine to clarify the causes of his death.
It should be noted that it is known that Mejía was a professional in business administration from the Sergio Arboleda University and worked at Philip Morris-Coltabaco. In addition, he “had a sister, two nieces and his parents who were waiting for him to return home,” according to the API Agency.
Perception of insecurity
According to the most recent survey of Coexistence and Citizen Security of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane), for the year 2021, the rate of perception of insecurity in the city or municipality was 44.0%, 5.0 percentage points higher than that registered in 2020 (39.0%).
When the entity inquired about the reasons that cause this perception in the city, 82.9% stated: “because there is common crime, robberies, assaults” and 68.9% argued “because there is little presence of the public force (police and army).
From the perspective of cities, in 2020, the highest rates of perception of insecurity were registered in Bogotá with 77.8%, and Cúcuta, with 73.5%. In contrast, the lowest rates were registered in Manizales, with 13.3%, and in Pereira, with 19.1%.
On the other hand, the place or space that generated the highest rate of perception of insecurity at the national level in 2020 was the public road, with 46.6%, followed by public transport (including stops and stations), with 38.6%, and pedestrian bridges, with 34.8%.
In contrast, the place or space where the person carries out their main activity had the lowest rate, with 11.6%.
Regarding the theft of persons, 60.7% of the cases registered as victims the population between 25 and 54 years of age. Also, between 12:00 m. and 5:59 pm 35.3% of these crimes were presented. By modality, 47.9% of the thefts from people were robberies and 15.8% tickles. In 81.7% of the cases, the cell phone was stolen.