Attorney General’s Office brought Jhonatan Fernando Álvarez Rodríguez, allegedly involved in the aggravated femicide of his former sentimental partner, before a supervisory judge in Ibagué.
The facts took place on April 18 in the Palermo neighborhood in Ibagué (Tolima) in which a 29-year-old woman was allegedly attacked by the defendant who was detained by the National Police when he allegedly tried to run away.
The evidence proves that the victim was attacked with a knife. She died shortly after in a health center in the city.
The defendant did not plead guilty to the charges in the hearing*. Meanwhile, the judge in the case imposed a prison sentence against the person implicated.
Charges will be brought in the next hearing.
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.
*Several kinds of hearings held in one hearing (known as audiencias concentradas in Spanish)