The Attorney General’s Office, in coordination with the National Police, arrested a woman and three men who were part of the organized criminal group Los Pelusos, responsible for extorting businessmen in the Catatumbo region.
People that were involved are: Jesús Alberto García, Luis Antonio León, Alexia Vanessa Quintana and Adolfo Gómez Ramírez. According to the investigation, since May 7th, several businessmen in Ocaña (Norte de Santander) were intimidated through text messages.
The person who sent the texts identified himself as commander Darwin belonging to EPL and demanded the payment of 1 million COP for each of the 12 vehicles in which propane gas pipettes were sold in the municipalities of El Tarra, Teorama, San Calixto, Abrego and Hacarí.
The arrest warrants were carried out on May 10 in a procedure of controlled delivery, which was coordinated by the Gaula- National Police.
Custodial measures were issued against the defendants.
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.