The defendant reached a judicial agreement with the Office of the Attorney General and returned the money derived from extortions to victims.
Mauro Esteban Villa Murillo, alias el Costeño, reached a judicial agreement with the Office of the Attorney General and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crimes of aggravated criminal conspiracy, aggravated extortion, aggravated forced displacement and illegal possession of firearms for self defense.
Alias el Costeño, former ringleader of the Organized Criminal Group (Grupo Delincuencial Organizado GDO) named Niquía Camacol, operating in the municipality of Bello (Antioquia), accepted his responsibility in the forced displacement of a construction worker who was forced to leave his home as he refused to be part of the criminal organization.
On October 5, 2016, the victim was displaced with his wife and his 4-year-old son due to death threats. After many days, several criminals burned the belongings that were inside the property.
Villa Murillo also pled guilty to extortion charges that had been committed against a mother who had to pay $ 2,500,000 to prevent her son from being killed.
The investigators established that the defendant obtained about 400 million pesos per month for the organization thanks to criminal activities.