He celebrated his 29th birthday: who was Edwin de la Jara, the young man who was stabbed to death in Plaza Italia

The macabre crime occurred while de la Jara was waiting for transportation with his friends to go to Quilicura.

Shock has caused the death of Edwin de la Jara, a young professional, who died at the hands of a criminal during the early hours of this Sunday, October 13, in the Plaza Italia sector in the Metropolitan Region (RM).

According to the information provided by Carabineros, after 6:00 in the morning they received a call alerting of a person dying from a knife injury at the intersection of Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins and Irene Morales.

Police records indicate that The macabre crime occurred while de la Jara was waiting for transportation with his friends to go to Quilicura.

It was at that moment when They were approached by a mob of people, mostly foreigners, where Edwin, unfortunately, bore the brunt, being stabbed in the chest and dying minutes later in the former Posta Central.

In conversation with BioBío, Ayanara, Edwin’s friend, said: “we were waiting for the bus there in Alameda and my friend, who is the deceased person, land they stole the cell phone. “A bunch of guys come up to us, they stabbed him.”

“They beat us all, they stole our things and there, as best we could, we took him to the Central Post Office. and they gave us the news that he died,” the young woman continued.

Edwin de la Jara was celebrating his birthday in Bellavista

Edwin de la Jara, the young man who was stabbed to death in Plaza Italiawas celebrating his 29th birthday with his friends in the Bellavista sector.

According to her friendde la Jara was a risk preventionist, had a stable job and was the father of a 10-year-old boy.

“He had also been a footballer. He was doing very well, he was good at hitting“He was great, he had a little 10-year-old son… We knew each other like 12 years ago,” he said.

Edwin de la Jara celebrated his 29th birthday.

There is a detainee of Colombian nationality

Carabineros confirmed the arrest of a Colombian citizen, who He had a knife and two cell phones, one of them belonging to the fatal victim.

“For now there is only one detainee, “a Colombian with an irregular situation in the country who was recognized by the victims”reported Colonel Fernando Albornoz, prefect of Service of the Santiago Central Prefecture.