Under the coordination of a prosecutor appointed to the Sectional Directorate Bogotá, a special group of the Judicial Police officers from CTI, Sijín and Gaula, arrested a woman and her sentimental partner for the disappearance of the woman´s daughter, a 23-month-old girl, on January 28th in a neighborhood known as Patio Bonito in the city of Bogotá.

The investigation was prioritized in accordance with the guidelines defined by the Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, to prosecute those responsible for actions that violate the integrity of children and adolescents.

According to the denunciation filed by the minor’s aunt, who was taking care of the girl, on January 28th the girl’s mother took her away and did not return her.

Due to these facts, the detainees will be brought before a judge to hold a hearing in which the Prosecutor’s Office will charge them with forced disappearance.

The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out the criminal investigations within the Office of the Attorney General. By the time this communication is disclosed, the legal status of the people mentioned is still pending to be resolved by the competent judicial authority, always under the presumption of innocence contemplated by Article 29 of the Political Constitution and Article 7 of Law 906 of 2004.