After accepting the arguments presented by the Attorney General’s Office, a judge deprived eight people of their liberty. They apparently were engaged in drug trafficking in an urban area of the city of Montería (Córdoba).
According to the investigation that began in May 2020 by a prosecutor, it was determined the existence of a criminal group involved in the sale of drugs in the neighborhoods on the left areas of the Sinú River.
The testimonies, the verifications, among others, were the evidence collected by the Attorney General´s Office to carry out 7 raids on December 9th in which those accused were arrested.
At the hearings, the defendants were charged with aggravated conspiracy for drug trafficking.
The defendants are:
- Jhon Jairo Espitia Pacheco
- Julián Andrés Díaz Guzmán
- Eduardo Manuel Bravo Cuadrado
- Juan Carlos Mercado Hernández
- Jorge Arturo Mieles Mercado
- María José Castillo Bautista
- Danna Marcela González Hoyos
- Antonio Márquez Vásquez.
Espitia Pacheco must serve a prison sentence and the others must remain under house arrest.
When we speak, results follow.
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.