Alias Camilo, alleged leader of ‘Los Pachenca’ in Magdalena, was sent to prison

Two other people were arrested in operations carried out by the Army and the National Police.

Investigations that were carried out by the Attorney General’s Office in Magdalena allowed a judge to send three members of ‘Los Pachencas’ to prison. Among those people that were arrested, there is someone who would be one of the leaders of the criminal organization.This is César Becerra Gómez, alias Camilo. Along with him, Mateo Heriberto Herrera Osorio and Leonis Gabriel Gómez were also arrested by the Police and the National Army, who are allegedly part of ‘Los Pachenca’ since 2021 in which they played the role of bodyguards.

In a procedure, carried out on April 17 in a rural area of Mina (Magdalena), four firearms, eight suppliers and ammunition were seized.

According to the investigation, ‘Camilo’ was in charge of planning meetings with inhabitants of neighboring towns to the Caribbean trunk, which connects Magdalena with the departments of Guajira and Cesar, to intimidate and extort them.

Judicial police work determined that Becerra Gómez would be coordinating extortions against businesses and residents in Minca (Magdalena).

These three people were charged, according to their level of responsibility, with aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime, aggravated extortion; manufacturing, trafficking or possession of weapons, ammunition for restricted use, for the exclusive use of the armed forces or explosives, illegal use of uniforms and insignia; and use of a false document.

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

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.