A preventive detention order was issued against Giovanny Castro Cárdenas by the 37th criminal judge with supervisory functions (Control de Garantías) for smuggling liquid cocaine inside his stomach.
During a hearing carried out at Santa Clara Hospital in Bogotá, the 322 Regional Prosecutor from URI* in Puente Aranda neighborhood stated that Castro Cárdenas was assisted in November 17 at Eldorado airport when he arrived from Mexico since he was returned from that country for not meeting the requirements of Airport Police authorities in that city.
According the prosecutor in charge of the case, the 39 year old businessman, who was born in Villavicencio, (Meta) fainted due to a respiratory distress syndrome. Therefore, he was assisted by a doctor who ordered an x ray examination.
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