In pretrial hearing, the delegate prosecutor’s office before the Supreme Court of Justice enunciated the material evidence which will be taken into account during the trial that will be conducted against Carlos Andres Cardenas Gomez, as a suspect of manslaughter and bribery; in development of the proceedings for the death of the university student Luis Andrés Colmenares, on October 31, 2010.
Around 50 testimonies referred by Prosecutor Martha Lucia Zamora to the 27 Criminal Court of the circuit, acting as presiding court, are those prominent reports legally obtained from telephone interceptions to cell phones’ subscribers that account for the presence of Cardenas the day and hour of the facts.
In the same way, it stands out the analysis of the experts who will establish by hydrological studies, strength, depth and effects on the body of the victim what may cause the current and the possibilities of the water flow in El Virrey channel by the time in which the student Colmenares was killed.
On the other hand, Cardenas’ defense attorney will call Laura Moreno and Jessy Quintero as witnesses, as well as Mateo Medina and other Cardenas’ classmates who would have witnessed the facts.
The Court has scheduled the continuation of the pre-trial hearing for next May 22, where evidentiary stipulations will be established in order to speed up the proceedings.