Doctor Tito Pumarejo was injured in a robbery in Valledupar

Intensivist doctor Tito Modesto Pumarejo Villalobos, 57, underwent surgery on his face after being injured in the middle of a robbery on Carrera 19 and Calle 11B, El Amparo sector, this Wednesday morning.

It was established that the doctor was outside a house and when he was heading to his truck-type vehicle he was intercepted by four criminals on two motorcycles who apparently stripped him of a gold chain.

In the criminal action, one of the robbers shot him with a traumatic weapon, the projectile of which hit him in the left jaw. Given this, the victim was helped by an ambulance and taken to the High Complexity Medical Clinic where he was treated.

The authorities indicated that one of the thieves turned out to be a minor, who was severely beaten by the community and later apprehended once the police units arrived.

It was finally learned that Pumarejo Villalobos is out of danger.

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