Who was Helenn Guilianna Silva Padilla? Peruvian lawyer's shocking caught-on-camera execution by hitman sparks fear
Helenn Guilianna Silva Padilla, 43, was sitting at a restaurant-bar in Pacasmayo, Peru, with her friends when a gunman approached from behind and shot her.
A shocking surveillance video captured the execution of lawyer Helenn Guilianna Silva Padilla in a restaurant-bar in Pacasmayo, Peru. The attacker, a man in a helmet, shot Padilla in the head and fled the scene. The motive for the killing remains unknown. Padilla, 43, was a mother of two and a member of the La Libertad Bar Association.
She had defended a young man named Junior Alexander Acosta Tuñoque, who lost his leg after being struck by an unmarked police vehicle during a controversial law enforcement intervention. After her murder, local police began investigating the shooting, but the suspect remains at large.
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