A young couple was found dead inside a Barquisimeto hotel room on the night of September 8 at 9:20 p.m., following a fatal shooting investigation. Investigators report the incident involved a domestic dispute where the man shot the woman before taking his own life, though family members raise questions about events.
An investigation opened on Tuesday, September 8, after workers discovered two bodies inside a room at the Hotel París, located on the west side of Barquisimeto, Lara state. Specifically, the situation was registered in room 63 of the Hotel París, located at kilometer 13 of the avenida Florencio Jiménez, on the road toward Quíbor, in the Ana Soto parish of the Iribarren municipality, in the sector known as El Pescaito. The victims were identified as Natacha Minerva Ortiz Díaz, 23, and José Gregorio Cordero García, 27, according to regional reports and documentation gathered at the scene.
Initial Response and Police Investigation at Hotel París
Hotel employees alerted security forces after making the grim discovery inside the room. The initial response on the night of September 8 at 9:20 p.m. was handled by the Cuerpo de Policía Nacional Bolivariana (CPNB), whose personnel entered the establishment after being notified by workers and found the bodies lying on a bed. Control of the scene was subsequently handed over to the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas (Cicpc), which executed the lifting of the bodies, carried out forensic peritage, collected technical material of interest, and initiated standard inquiries.
Preliminary findings from the investigative body indicate that the man reportedly caused the death of the young woman and subsequently took his own life, according to preliminary data released by the agency. Investigators await the formal autopsy results from the Servicio Nacional de Medicina y Ciencias Forenses (Senamecf) to precisely establish the motive and cause of the deaths, while keeping all lines of investigation open.
Family Statements and Conflicting Accounts of the Incident
While investigators pursue initial leads, family accounts introduce additional details regarding the final hours inside the room. According to the advances of the investigation, the couple had previously brought their romantic relationship to an end, but both held a conversation inside the room that escalated into a discussion where the young woman received a bullet impact from a 9 mm caliber firearm that caused her death, followed by new detonations in which the aggressor allegedly took his own life.
Relatives offered a more detailed perspective on the timeline and nature of the violence. Cristhofer Marchan, brother of the victim, contributed to this version by stating that Natacha was strangled prior to receiving a shot to the head, and indicated that the act was planned by the man, who allegedly held the young woman against her will starting on Monday afternoon.
Natacha Minerva Ortiz Díaz worked as an entrepreneur. According to information shared by her family, she worked in an Asian food establishment, also worked as a manicurist, made cold cakes, and organized raffles to pay for her mother’s chemotherapy treatments.
Following the event, her brother made an appeal for prevention directed at young women, stating that he hoped this would serve as an example to all women who nowadays keep silent about their fear, their pain, and their prejudice, noting that Natacha was only 23 years old when her ex-partner snatched away her life, a life that lay ahead of her.
Broader Context of Gender Violence in Lara State
In the absence of official data, organizations such as the Instituto Regional de la Mujer (Iremujer) have noted that hundreds of reports concerning physical and psychological violence against women are registered monthly in Lara state. Local non-governmental groups, including the Asociación Larense de Planificación Familiar (Alaplaf), closely document critical cases of gender violence and femicides executed mostly by current or former partners in Barquisimeto.
As authorities continue gathering evidence at the site, attempts by Noticias Barquisimeto to contact acquaintances and close friends of the victims were met with silence, as individuals were overwhelmed by the pain of the tragic event. Similarly, attempts to reach the management or person in charge of Hotel París received no response, leaving the public waiting for the directorship or owners of the establishment to establish a public stance and provide necessary details to clarify the circumstances under which the incident occurred within their facilities.
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