The Air Force has confirmed that one of its officers is involved in the death of the young IDU official

On the night of Monday February 20, The Colombian Air Force released a statement confirming that one of its officers was involved in the traffic accident that claimed the life of 19-year-old Joan Steven Vega, an official from the Urban Development Institute (UDI). in the early hours of Saturday, February 18, on 100th Street with Suba Avenue.

“According to the information known to this Institution, Lieutenant-Colonel Carlos Roberto Valderrama Cusguen, an active officer in the Colombian Air Force, is immersed in the facts, who did not perform acts of service and mobilized in a private vehicle (sic)”, they report in the letter.

Also in the statement They sent their condolences to the relatives of the young civil servant who worked as a traffic controller in the zone.

“The Colombian Air Force deeply regrets the death of young Stiven Vega Contreras (RIP) and expresses its solidarity with the pain that all his loved ones mourn, also sending our sincere condolences and wishes for strength at this difficult time,” they expressed.

In this military force, they added that are prepared to provide all their support to the competent authorities regarding the ongoing investigations to establish what happened in the accident.

Although they did not specify in the statement, It would be the same person who was driving the vehicle that hit Vega, and who tried to flee after the accident, and even the car involved, with license plate JHO 172, appears with a citation for drunk driving, they reported in the newspaper. The weather.

In the Bogota newspaper, they consulted the Attorney General of the Nation or they reported that the responsible has been identified as Carlos Roberto Valderrama and has been released lack of evidence.

“Although the defendant’s state of intoxication is proven, But the facts were not like that because the case came around midnight and at 8am apparently the inspection was done,” they indicated to this means of communication of the investigative body.

They also explained that the prosecutor in charge of the case could not establish whether there had been a change of scene and that it was necessary to review the security recordings in the area, but that The named individual would continue to be linked to the investigation and would be called to a prosecution hearing when the evidence becomes available.

“We don’t think so. We have the videos of when they captured him. They chased the guy down so he wouldn’t blow himself up. What else has to happen for him to pay? reproached in The weather Anderson Vega, brother of the victim.

The Urban Development Institute (IDU) reported to the public on Saturday, March 18, the death of a worker, caused by a traffic accident.

“For the Urban Development Institute It is very painful to report the death of one of your workers again. In the early hours of Saturday, February 18, Joan Steven Vega, Traffic Assistant for Group 8 of Transmilenio’s Troncal Project on Avenida 68, died. which was run over by a private vehicle,” the UDI said in its statement.

Joan Steven, a 19-year-old from Bogota, was related to these works for less than 5 months, and the accident occurred on the west-east side of Avenida Calle 100, in front of Iserra 100, around 00:20 in the morning.

According to the Institute, at that time, three traffic aides were escorting one of the construction machines (called a pajarita). Joan Steven was at the front next to this machine guiding the transfer, when he was knocked down by a private truck.