The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted 14 members of the criminal group Los Distribuidores, allegedly involved in drug trafficking in Bolívar, Atlántico, Magdalena and San Andrés.
The defendants apparently sold cocaine and marijuana in neighborhoods El Bosque, El Zapatero, Olaya Herrera, Once de Noviembre, Flor del Campo and the rural area of Pasacaballos located in the eastern area of Cartagena. They also distributed and sold drugs in stores in the municipalities of Soledad (Atlántico) and Ciénaga (Magdalena).
The investigations showed that the drugs were taken to said place by members of the criminal network who fulfilled the role of transporters. They used buses of public service, private vehicles; and vessels destined for San Andrés and Providencia.
The defendants who were arrested in seven search operations carried out by the National Police in Cartagena (Bolívar), Ciénaga (Magdalena) and Soledad (Atlántico) are: Diego Andrés Viloria Arzuza, alias Pollo or Coco; Jhon Jairo Pineda Rivera, alias Walker; Wilmer Gregorio López Jiménez, Carlos Eduardo Zárate Ramírez, alias Gordo; Jader Blanco Fruto, Angis Marcela Miranda García, Rigail de Jesús Baldovino Herrera, Olga Patricia Arrieta Vega, Jorge Eliécer Martínez Coronel, Víctor Manuel Torregroza Echeverría and Kellys Johanna Gutiérrez Miranda.
Santos Jesús Soriano Fuentes and Nilson Andrés Trujillo Polo, who are currently in prison serving a sentence for other crimes, were also prosecuted. For her part, Yoselin del Carmen Contreras was arrested in flagrante delicto.
As a result of these operations, 8 kilograms of marijuana, cocaine, 9 cell phones and cash were seized. Likewise, nine fixed stores for drug distribution were eradicated.
The defendants did not plead guilty to aggravated criminal conspiracy and manufacturing, trafficking or possession of narcotics.
According to the judge´ s decision, the 10 men will serve their sentence in San Sebastián Ternera prison in Cartagena; while three of the women received house arrest. Yoselin del Carmen Contreras Romero was released but remains linked to the investigation.
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.