As part of the agreement between the Office of the Attorney General and the United States Marshal Service- U.S Department of Justice related to cooperation and search of international fugitives, the members on the technical investigative corps (Cuerpo Técnico de investigación CTI) arrested Mauricio Hoyos Hernández wanted for extradition for sexual offenses.
The 34-year-old detainee is required to appear before Pitkin County District Court, in Colorado (United States) for sexual abuse of a person with a disability.
The facts took place on April 2, 2017, in the city of Aspen. The victim was a 25-year-old woman from the United States who was defenseless after she was under the influence of alcohol and was allegedly sexually attacked by Hoyos Hernández.
The alleged aggressor fled the United States and returned to Colombia. He was located thanks to the alert of the aforementioned federal agency belonging to the United States Department of Justice and the elements collected by a prosecutor from the Special Directorate against Drug Trafficking.
The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.