Through forensic DNA studies it was determined that the human remains found on August 22 in the depths of the Guanare River correspond to Lisbeth Elena Briceño Linares (48), reported as missing since August 4 to the Cicpc, Guanare Delegation.
According to security agencies, the investigation indicates that the woman was murdered by her partner, identified as Juan de Jesús León (49), who was arrested in Barinas for the alleged femicide and kidnapping of the victim's youngest son.
Part of Briceño Linares' upper limbs were recovered several meters underwater in the Guanare River, among the roots and branches of a tree, near the Falconero sector of Guanarito.
Police commissions, the Bolivarian National Guard and Civil Protection extracted through diving operations the arms, forearms and wrists with some visible fingertips, which were tied with a rope and a sack.
