For the crimes of torture, aggravated kidnapping with extortion, manufacturing, trafficking and possessing firearms for restricted use and criminal conspiracy, the Second Criminal Court of the Specialized Circuit of Santa Marta approved the request made by the Office of the Attorney General and sentenced nine people involved in the kidnapping of Melisa Martínez García.
Investigations conducted by the Office of the Attorney General determined that the criminal organization which they are part of, was responsible for planning and conducting, the kidnapping of the niece of the Nobel-winning author Gabriel García Márquez on August 23, 2018.
In the month of December of the same year, thanks to 17 home searches, the Office of the Attorney General and Gaula-National Police arrested people responsible and victim was finally released.