He would be in charge of coordinating the exit routes of marijuana from illegal production areas and demanding money from different drug trafficking structures to allow them to move illicit substances in the department.
The Attorney General’s Office brought Jhon Fredy Dagua Mestizo, alias Chepe, before a judge. He is an alleged member of the so-called Dagoberto Ramos Ortiz structure of FARC dissidents who would be responsible for drug trafficking-related activities in municipalities of northern area of Cauca.
The evidence reveals that this man apparently coordinated the transportation routes and departure of large shipments of marijuana from the illicit production areas, also managed the money derived from the sale of narcotics in the region, and demanded money from other criminal groups to allow them to move illegal substances in the department.
Alias Chepe would also be involved in the purchase and transfer of food and other items for FARC dissidents, as well as planning attacks against the public force in Coloto and Toribío (Cauca).
Therefore, he was arrested in a joint operation between DIJIN-National Police and the Army in the rural area of Caloto (Cauca). A prosecutor from the Special Directorate against Criminal Organizations charged him with aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime.
He did not plead guilty to the charges and must serve a prison sentence.
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.