At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence against Edwin Arbey Mejía Manjarrez, for his alleged responsibility in the murder of an 18-year-old young man.
The crime took place on January 16 of this year in El Boston neighborhood in Barrancabermeja (Santander) where the victim was attacked with a firearm.
Mejía Manjarrez, who would be part of alias Marihuano´s criminal gang that was involved in the sale of narcotics, was arrested by virtue of a court order after being investigated by the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) and National Police.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged him with aggravated homicide and manufacturing, trafficking, possession of firearms. He did not plead guilty to the charges.
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.