Overview
- Angie Marcela Ramírez Vargas, 27, was shot at point-blank range while waiting at traffic lights outside Gran Plaza San Antonio and died after being taken to hospital on Friday night.
- Police say attackers on motorcycles drove up to her vehicle, fired at close range, and then fled the scene.
- A rapid police pursuit resulted in the arrest of a 48-year-old man found hiding in undergrowth and the seizure of a motorcycle and a firearm believed linked to the attack.
- A second suspect escaped on foot along a nearby riverbank and remains the focus of an active manhunt by national police and the Office of the Attorney General.
- Local outlets note the killing raises Pitalito's homicide toll this year and comes against wider national concern over femicides, though investigators have not yet established a motive or whether the victim had reported prior threats.