Six alleged members of ‘Los AX’ who would be responsible for the theft of motorcycles were prosecuted

The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted six alleged members of the Los AX criminal structure, allegedly involved in the theft of motorcycles in different sectors of the metropolitan area of ​​Cúcuta (Norte de Santander).

The investigations carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office, in coordination with Sijín of Metropolitan Police in Cúcuta, demonstrated the alleged participation of the defendants in the theft of four motorcycles in facts that took place between July 2023 and March 2024.

It is believed that the defendants intercepted the victims and intimidated them with firearms to take away their vehicles, valued at approximately 30 million COP.

Five of the defendants were arrested by virtue of a court order and a woman was arrested in flagrante delicto in a home search carried out in Fortaleza, Motilones, Gaitán, Nuevo Horizonte and Corral de Piedra neighborhoods. In the procedures, cell phones and four motorcycles that were listed as stolen were seized.

Those detained by virtue of a court order were identified as: Anderson Daniel Suárez, Jesús David Mejía Ascanio, Víctor Manuel Erazo Archila, Douglas Exneider Ayala Cárdenas and José Manolo Suárez Gil. The Prosecutor’s Office charged them with aggravated theft, and manufacturing, trafficking, possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition.

Leidy Carolina Franco Gutiérrez was considered responsible for the crime of manufacturing, trafficking, possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition.

The five men were sent to prison and the woman was placed under house arrest.

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.