A suspected female crook nicknamed ‘The Devil’ has been gunned down in the street by hitmen.
Zaida Andrea Sánchez Polanco got the moniker after allegedly being involved in a murder and a theft.
She was found by a hotel which she was staying at.
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The 27-year-old was immediately taken to a hospital but had died as a result of her severe injuries.
Armed men arrived at her hotel on motorcycles.
They shot her five times and she was seen desperately trying to run from them.
Zaida, who was staying in Medellín, Colombia, was seen lying lifeless on the ground after taking two bullets to her face, two in her arm, and one in her side.
Authorities are thought to be investigating whether she had been confused with the daughter of a pastor who had already been tragically murdered.
Last month, pastor Marlon Lora, his wife Yorley Rincon, and 24-year-old daughter, Angela Lora Rincon, were murdered by a gunman after attending church.
Police are unsure whether Zaida’s killers had believed her to be Angela, who was killed in Aguachica, Cesar, Colombia.
The exact circumstances surrounding Zaida’s murder, which took place on Wednesday (22 Jan), have not yet been clarified.
Since her death, her rocky past has caught the attention of local authorities, as reported by Need To Know.
Zaida was the wife of Alexander González Pérez, known as ‘The Bald’, who was murdered days earlier in El Banco, Magdalena, Colombia.
According to police records, Pérez had a history related to drug trafficking.
He however denied this information in previous interviews which he’d attended with local press.
Despite the two being married, it has been alleged that Zaida betrayed her husband and had a secret lover.
Zaida had earned the nickname ‘The Devil’ due to her connections to past alleged crimes.
She was allegedly involved in a murder in 2021 and a theft four years earlier.
With both herself and her husband now dead, authorities are investigating to determine what happened.
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