The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted 12 alleged members of the Errantes criminal network, involved in the sale of marijuana and cocaine downtown Armenia (Quindío).
Judicial police activities allowed to establish that, at least since September 2023, Cristian Mauricio Cortés Ramírez bought large quantities of drugs and stored them in a house located in Puerto Espejo neighborhood in Quindío.
The investigation revealed that Cortés Ramírez was the head of the drug trafficking network, and together with other people they allegedly rationed the substances that they would later sell in sectors such as La Chec or Iglesia.
The arrests were carried out during 12 search warrants in Puerto Espejo, Gibraltar, La Pavona, Pradito, Santander, Colinas and Centenario neighborhoods in Armenia (Quindío) and La Isabela in Caicedonia (Valle). During the operations, illegal substances such as marijuana and cocaine were seized.
Among those prosecuted are: Cortés Ramírez, Blanca Elisa Ramírez Josa, Estefanía Muñoz Álvarez, María Alejandra Bernal Ceballos, Cindy Johana Vásquez Samboní, Pedro Nel Montealegre Arenas, Héctor Iván Ocampo Mesa, Gildardo De Jesús Tapasco Ibarra, María Alicia Hernández, Cristian Andrés Palta Grisales, William Steven Muñoz Álvarez and Juan David Salazar Rico.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged the defendants with conspiracy to commit crimes, trafficking, manufacture or drug possession and illegal use of real estate.
A judge imposed a prison sentence on the 12 people.
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.