The defendants would be demanding money from transporters, cattle breeders and merchants so that they could continue with their work.
At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence against four alleged members of ‘Clan del Golfo’ who would be involved in extortion cases in Córdoba.
The decision concerns Walberto Galvis Rojas, Amado Segundo Arrieta, Luis Urango Ortega and Luis Vega Monterroza, allegedly involved in extortion of cattle breeders, transporters, merchants and builders in Montería. These actions allegedly took place since August 2022 in different areas of Córdoba.
The National Police arrested the defendants on July 2nd within the framework of operations carried out in Montería and Bogotá. A prosecutor of the Sectional Office in Córdoba charged the alleged perpetrators with aggravated criminal conspiracy and extortion.
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