Gerlinson Escalante Córdoba, allegedly involved in the theft and homicide of a veterinarian in Caquetá, was arrested by the Traffic and Transportation Police in Casanare. A preventive detention measure in prison was issued.
A prosecutor of the so-called Unidad de Vida at the Sectional Office in Caquetá revealed that the defendant, his brother and stepson would be responsible for the murder of a veterinary. The facts took place on January 24, apparently for stealing 26 head of cattle.
The crime took place when the victim arrived at a farm he managed in El Doncello. There, the brothers Jhon Arley and Gerlinson Escalante Córdoba were waiting for him, as well as Wilmer Eduardo Ayala Prado, the former’s stepson. It is believed that the three men gagged the victim and caused him wounds with a sharp weapon.
The man’s corpse was placed in the car boot and abandoned in a lake in the rural area of Santa Cruz. Subsequently, the defendants allegedly stole the cattle that were allegedly sold for 66 million COP.
On January 26, a day laborer found the veterinarian’s corpse floating in the river.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged Escalante Córdoba with homicide, cattle rustling (both aggravated), and concealment, alteration or destruction of evidence. He did not plead guilty to the charges.
Currently, the three people who are investigated for these facts remain in prison.
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.