The conclusive evidence provided by the Attorney General’s Office allowed a judge with guarantee control functions to impose a prison sentence against the businessman Allan Scalzo Gómez, investigated for being allegedly responsible for ordering the murder of a 30 year old cattle breeder and banana merchant.
The facts took place on July 12, 2019 in the Las Américas neighborhood in Santa Marta (Magdalena). According to the investigation, the defendant allegedly paid 2 million pesos to two people for the murder of the victim.
Due to these events, the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI), in coordination with Dijin- National Police, arrested Scalzo Gómez on May 17 in the Los Cocos sector in Magdalena.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged the defendant with aggravated homicide. 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.