Sicario El Colombiano Señalado Caught in Assassination Attempt in Holland

Sicario El Colombiano Señalado: Capture and Details of the Assassination Attempt

In recent developments, the police, through their criminal investigation direction, reported the capture of a Colombian sicario who is alleged to have participated in an attempt to assassinate an Iranian dissident in Holland. Edwin Alexander Velásquez Celis, aged 40, was apprehended in Envigado, Antioquia, following a red notification from Interpol, as he was sought by the District Court of Northern Holland for attempted murder and preparatory acts.

According to investigative reports, Velásquez was reportedly involved in a scheme to attack the Iranian citizen Siamak Tadayon in Haarlem on June 6, which was thwarted by local police. They arrested two suspects and later established that Velásquez was at the scene with other fugitives.

Details of the Investigation and Capture

• Authorities received a red notice from Interpol.
• Investigators tracked Velásquez's movements from Bogotá to Medellín and then to Envigado.
• He posed as a taxi driver, blending into the community to avoid capture.

Upon culmination of the operation, specially trained agents managed to locate him through field information and investigative work, leading to his arrest in public.

Velásquez has been turned over to the National Prosecutor's Office and awaits extradition to the Netherlands.

Siamak Tadayon, the intended victim, has been cited in Iranian intelligence reports as a leader of a so-called terrorist network operating from exile.