The joint work of the Attorney General’s Office, the Police and Gaula of Urabá, allowed the arrest of six alleged members of the criminal organization ‘Coyotes’, involved in trafficking migrants to Panama.
The defendants, who were arrested in Cartagena (Bolívar) and the municipalities of Apartadó and Necoclí (Antioquia), were charged with aggravated criminal conspiracy and migrant trafficking.
According to the investigation carried out by a prosecutor from the Sectional Office in Antioquia, the ‘Coyotes’ would be demanding large sums of money for packages that would include crossing the country to Golfo de Urabá and subsequent transportation to the Central American country, violating immigration controls and protocols.
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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.