The victim worked as a peace counselor and official at the Secretariat of Government in Lorica and was an activist for the LGBTIQ+ population.
A prosecutor belonging to the so-called Unidad Especial de Investigación – UEI (Special Investigation Unit) prosecuted Carlos Andrés Moncayo Gómez, who would be involved in the murder of the social leader, Deivis Enrique Junco Hernández.
The crime took place on March 5 in sector Loma de Piedra, in Nueva Granada neighborhood in Lorica (Córdoba). The victim’s corpse was found a day after the facts.
According to the investigation, Moncayo Gómez strangled the social leader to steal his motorcycle and a cell phone valued at more than 10 million COP.
The victim worked as a peace counselor and official at the Government Secretariat in Lorica, and was an activist of the LGBTIQ+ population.
The defendant was arrested by Sijín and Dijín- National Police in Lorica (Córdoba). The Office of the Attorney General charged Moncayo Gómez with aggravated homicide and qualified robbery. He did not plead guilty to the charges.
A prison sentence was imposed by a judge.
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.