Nobody seemed to know who Fariñas was, but the authorities soon identified him as a nightclub entre-preneur, owner of the Élite chain. Guatemala quickly caught and jailed those who had fired at the vehicle, concluding that Fariñas was the real target of the attack and that the hired gunmen worked for Alejandro Jiménez, a.k.a. “Palidejo” (Paleface), a 38-year-old Costa Rican gangster who was running a regional drug trafficking network.
Las autoridades lo identificaron como un empresario de clubes nocturnos, la cadena Élite. Guatemala apresó pronto a quienes dispararon, concluyó que el blanco del ataque era Fariñas y que los sicarios trabajaban para Alejandro Jiménez, el “Palidejo”, un costarricense de 38 años, capo del narcotráfico regional.