After assessing the evidence presented by the Attorney General’s Office, a judge sent Vilma Luz Navarro Sañudo, alias Franco, Viejo or Gorda Vilma, to prison as the alleged perpetrator of 5 homicides committed in Caucasia, Bajo Cauca, Antioquia, between April 18 and September 28, 2023.
According to the investigation carried out by a specialized prosecutor from the Sectional Office in Antioquia, Navarro Sañudo would be in charge of drug trafficking activities for Clan del Golfo in the aforementioned place and she allegedly gave information about the victims to other members of the organization so that they could be murdered.
Among the deceased people is a 17-year-old minor who was attacked by armed men on June 25, 2023. An adult and two other minors were injured in the same facts.
Investigators determined that the victims were accused of distributing narcotics without the permission of the illegal armed group.
The 37-year-old woman was arrested by Police and the National Army. At the hearings she did not plead guilty to the charges brought by the Prosecutor’s Office such as aggravated homicide, conspiracy to commit a crime, and drug trafficking.
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.