After approving the evidence presented by a prosecutor assigned to the Immediate Reaction Unit in Cartagena (Unidad de Reacción Inmediata), a judge sent Jonathan Guillermo Santos Mendoza, alias El Teniente, to prison. He was allegedly involved in the crimes of manufacturing, trafficking or possession of narcotics and manufacture, trafficking or possession of a firearm.
The investigations showed that in a property in the so-called Crespo neighborhood in Bolívar, narcotics were stored and sold through petty drug dealing.
During a home search carried out by the National Police, alias Coronel was arrested, in possession of ecstasy pills, marijuana, and cocaine in addition to itmes used for the production of narcotics.
In the same operation, a firearm, cartridges and cash were seized.
Alias El Teniente, 36 years old, did not plead guilty to the charges.
The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.
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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.