At the request of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office, Gaula Group in Casanare, Gilberto Samanay Herrera, allegedly responsible for extortion in Casanare, was sent to prison.
The facts occurred since last March, when the victim begun to be extorted from alleged members of FARC dissidents who commit crimes in eastern area of Colombia.
The defendant was arrested in flagrante delicto by CTI investigators of the Prosecutor’s Office, members of the Military Gaula of the National Army on public roads in the municipality of Tame (Arauca) when he received the money from the extortion.
Samanay Herrera, to whom the Prosecutor’s Office charged with extortion, was brought before a court. He did not plead guilty.
When he was arrested, the detainee had in his possession the money and a payment receipt in the name of dissidents.
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 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.