A reckoning between Dominican drug trafficking gangs. This is the main hypothesis of the investigators regarding the death of Yael TG, the owner of the Casa Catracha bar, at number 2 Blai Street in the Poble Sec neighborhood of Barcelona, who was shot last Sunday afternoon by a man who He was hiding behind a motorcycle helmet. The 32-year-old victim died from gunshot wounds while the suspect managed to escape on a motorcycle, according to several sources. The Mossos d’Esquadra are looking for him.
Since last March 15, Yael was on provisional release despite the fact that the Barcelona Court had sentenced to six years in prison in December 2022 for the crimes of belonging to a criminal gang and against public health. He was arrested, along with other people, in a joint operation between the Mossos and the Barcelona Urban Guard in August 2021 against several drug sales points in apartments in the neighborhoods of Sagrada Familia and Guinardó.
A few months later he was convicted of belonging to a drug trafficking gang and, although he was waiting for the appeal of the sentence to be resolved, the Barcelona Court decided that he should be released from prison after he had been behind bars for a year and a half. Investigators have reconstructed his life from the time he left prison to the time of his murder. Furthermore, they have taken into account that the perpetrator of the crime, who appears with his face covered by his helmet, knew where to find Yael, owner of the bar with other people.
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For this reason, they suspect that the crime could be a settling of scores between Latin gangs related to drug trafficking. In this sense, several sources suggest that the victim could have participated in the assault of a drug store along with other people a few weeks ago, taking a significant amount of drugs and money. Thus, his execution would have been ordered, as it seems was the crime last Sunday.
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It is also indicated that Yael would allegedly have reinforced surveillance in recent days, and that he could have a hidden weapon inside the premises, but that he did not have time to go look for it, since the suspect was quick in his action. In the images released by this medium, it is seen how the murderer chases the victim after shooting him the first time and then finishes him off, so everything points to an execution.
The Mossos are still searching for the suspect and another person who was waiting for him with the motorcycle, according to judicial sources. In addition, they are preparing in case Yael’s death could trigger a spiral of retaliation between Latin drug trafficking gangs operating in the Barcelona metropolitan area. The victim died almost instantly as a result of his injuries. The investigation remains open.