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The Bureau of the Venezuelan prosecutor said on Monday that he had launched an investigation into the live murder of a popular Tiktok user who had denounced the Aragua train Criminal and allegedly corrupted gang of the police.
Jesus Sarmiento, who had nearly 80,000 disciples on Tiktok, was murdered this weekend by armed men who burst into the residence where he stayed.
In the shared video on social networks, a woman striking on a door and shouting with help can be heard in the background.
“They shot me, they shot me,” said Sarmiento, because blood is visible on the ground. Two armed men appear briefly before the end of the stream.
“The Attorney General Tarek William Saab announces that the prosecutor’s office … was responsible for investigating, identifying and punishing those responsible for the assassination of Jesus Sarmiento,” the prosecutor’s office on Instagram announced on Monday.
Sarmiento had “denounced the threats he received from members of Gedos (Structured Organized Crime Group) and presumed to be police,” said the prosecutor’s office in a statement.
In his Tiktok posts, Sarmiento spoke of the chief of the Aragua thirteenth, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero, who is one of the most sought -after criminals in the country known by the alias “Nino Guerrero”. The US State Department has offered a reward of $ 5 million For information leading to his arrest and conviction.
The Venezuelan government argued that the Tren of Aragua – that the United States consider a “terrorist” organization – has already been dismantled and denies its existence.
Sarmiento shared photos and videos of alleged gang members and denounced “extortion” by police officers.
“I was kidnapped by … DAET-The Directorate of Police Strategic and Tactical Actions,” he said in one of his final videos.
“We are invaded by delinquent officials who work with common criminals,” he added.
The murder of Sarmiento marks the last in a series of fatal attacks against popular personalities on social networks.
Earlier this month, Pakistani police said Tiktok Star, 17 Available Yousaf was shot down by a man who had contacted her several times online.
And last month, the murder of a young influencer During a live broadcast in Jalisco, in western Mexico, shocked the country. The authorities insisted that there was no “proof” that the 23 -year -old murder Valeria márquez was linked to organized crime and the prosecutors opened an investigation for “femicide”.
