The man who was arrested for being allegedly responsible for a homicide was identified as Leonardo Antonio Ortíz Berrio. Facts occurred on January 22 of this year, in neighborhood Centro de Barranquilla, where a fight between two people allegedly occurred.
The investigations allowed the determine that on the day of the events, the victim was allegedly attacked by the defendant with a knife, causing his death.
The Prosecutor’s Office brought the defendant before a judge and accused him for the crime of simple homicide, a charge that he accepted during the hearings.
The judge issued a home confinement measure, a decision that was appealed by the Attorney General’s Office.
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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 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.