A specialized judge in Antioquia sentenced three members of the criminal gang “Los Rastrojos” for the murder of the representative of the municipality of Segovia Jairo Luis Álvarez Ruiz.
The officer was shot on 31 October 2008 when he left his house, located in the neighborhood San Bartolo of the aforementioned city. Before his death, the lawyer Álvarez Ruiz made several statements against the above-mentioned criminal gang for the recruitment of minors in that area of the northeastern of Antioquia.
A hearing was scheduled to take place on May 16th in order to know the final judgment and the penalty for Edward Alonso Ríos Ramírez, also known as Pelo de Loca; William Andres Cardenas Montoya, alias El Juguero, and William Alonso Cárdenas Cano, alias La Máscara, for the crimes of aggravated homicide and aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime. The three defendants are imprisoned in jails of the Judicial District of Medellin.