The apprehension was carried out at the request of the officials of the Homicide and Femicide Section of the province of Colón, and in coordination with the agents of the National Police, in the Puerto Escondido sector.
On Monday, July 20, a judge of guarantees decreed the provisional arrest of the first suspect, an 18-year-old man, charged with the multiple homicide of the seven youths in Espinar.
On August 4, it was reported that a second person was apprehended who is suspected to be involved in the Espinar massacre.
The second suspect was be presented before a judge of guarantees on Wednesday 5 August and placed on preventive detention.
It was reported that this second suspect was handed over to the judicial authorities of Colón by a relative.
The second person resides in the Valle Verde sector, where the victims of the multiple homicide were also from.
On July 17, in the wooded area of José Domingo Espinar, seven young people, between 15 and 23 years of age, were found dead, an event that shook the country.