At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence against Andrés Felipe Zapata Castrillón, as he was allegedly responsible for the escape of prisoners.
Zapata Castrillón, who was serving a sentence for the alleged sexual abuse of 12 women in the main city of Antioquia, escaped from the hospital known as La María in Medellín on April 9, when he was taken for medical assistance due to a wound in his left hand.
The defendant allegedly asked for permission to go to the bathroom and took advantage of the situation to escape through the emergency room of the care center. The fact was recorded on local cameras.
The fugitive was arrested this Saturday, April 30, by National Police officers in the neighborhood Popular of Medellín when he was attacked by the community. The defendant did not plead guilty to the charges brought by a prosecutor of the Immediate Reaction Unit (URI).
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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.