After three days of hearings (Audiencias Concentradas)* at the 13th Criminal Court in Bucaramanga (Santander), six preventive detention orders with imprisonment were issued for alleged members of the so called “Erón” criminal gang which extorted relatives of inmates imprisoned at “Modelo” prison in that city.
The Office of the Attorney General charged them with aggravated criminal conspiracy and illicit gain. They accused individuals did not plead guilty to the charges.
*A hearing in which more than one request is processed at the same time (legalize an arrest, bring charges or issue a preventive detention order).