Before a judge, the Prosecutor’s Office brought eight alleged members of Los Fulanos criminal group involved in drug trafficking activities in the so-called Comuna 5 of Barrancabermeja. They were sent to prison.
It was possible to establish that this structure operated in Primero de Mayo and Miraflores sectors, where they were affecting the security and tranquility of this community that denounced this situation before the authorities.
During the operation carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office, the Police and the National Army, five house searches were carried out and six arrest warrants were issued. Two more people were arrested in flagrante delicto.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged them with conspiracy to commit a crime, trafficking, manufacturing and possession of drugs. They did not plead guilty.
Those arrested people are: Miguel Antonio Correa Vesga, Mario Daniel Ortiz, John Jairo Nieto, Óscar Eduardo Pérez, Sneider López, Kerlu Arce, Katherine Paba and Jefferson Villareal.
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.