A request made by a prosecutor from the Immediate Reaction Unit (Unidad de Reacción Inmediata URI) in Cartagena was approved  by a judge and imposed a detention measure against a man allegedly responsible for the crime of domestic violence.

The facts under investigation occurred on the 17th of this month in Fredonia neighborhood, where National Police officers arrested the 30-year-old man in flagrante delicto, after he apparently physically attacked his sentimental partner.

Later in the process, it was established that the alleged attacks to her 27-year-old partner were committed during the seven years of living together and that even in 2022, he allegedly injured her with a knife because she had decided to end the relationship.

The person allegedly involved and who did not accept responsibility must serve a sentence in La Heroica prison.

The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.

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.