The police are investigating the killing of Yoel Valenzuela, 40, a labourer who resided at Timehri, East Bank Demerara. It is suspected that he was murdered yesterday around 04:30 hrs at the Linden-Soesdyke Highway Junction by three men, one of whom has since been arrested.
According to a police press release, investigations have so far revealed that on Saturday at about 20:00 hrs, Yoel Valenzuela; his son John Valenzuela, 17; cousin Ameria Campo, 34; and John Campo, 21, all of Timehri were at Ragu Sports Bar at Soesdyke imbibing alcohol. At some point, the police said, one of the three suspects, who are known to the witnesses, approached Yoel Valenzuela and started arguing with him. John Valenzuela then confronted the suspect, and during an argument, pushed him and cuffed him to his mouth. All three of the men then confronted the Valenzuelas and the rest of their group, who ran out of the bar with the suspects in pursuit, the police said.
The police were told that Yoel Valenzuela ran south along the Soesdyke Public Road and then turned along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway at the junction, followed by the suspects. His son and cousins kept running further south along the Soesdyke Public Road, chased by other friends of the prime suspect.
Around 05:30 hrs, a 32-year-old self-employed man of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, went to urinate and came upon a lifeless body. He then made a report to the police.
The release said crime scene investigators examined the body, later identified as Yoel Valenzuela, and found wounds above the left ear and right side of the back. There were blood stains in the area where the body was found. The man was formally pronounced dead at the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital, Diamond.
Meanwhile, the release said, the police are looking for the other suspects as investigations continue.
