The defendant was allegedly part of the Manuel José Gaitán substructure as leader of the military wing in the urban area of the department. He was also allegedly involved in extortions.
At the request of a prosecutor from the support structures group (Estructuras de Apoyo EDA) a judge issued an intramural measure against Cristian Andrés Girón Suárez for the crimes of aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime for homicide purposes
According to the Prosecutor´s Office alias El Gringo, was allegedly part of Clan del Golfo’s substructure named Manuel José Gaitán, as leader of the military wing in the urban area of the department.
Likewise, alias El Gringo was coordinating the hitmen of this substructure. He was allegedly involved in committing selective homicides, collecting extortions and criminal control of the territory.
The criminal acts for which he is investigated took place in 2023 in several municipalities of the department.
Alias ‘El Gringo’ has two criminal records as suspect of conspiracy to commit a crime and illegal possession of weapons.
Dijín of the National Police arrested him on November 18 on a public street in the municipality of Sincelejo, by virtue of an arrest warrant.
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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