At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence against Omar Alexis Filoteo Díaz, alias Filoteo, for his alleged responsibility in extortion against inhabitants of the so-called Comuna 7 in Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca).
According to the investigation, members of the criminal group Los Espartanos, visited several sectors in Juan XXIII neighborhood, Comuna 7, demanding inhabitants to pay fees to supposedly guarantee their security.
According to several complaints from merchants, one of the men who apparently demanded the payments was identified as Omar Alexis Filoteo. The amounts oscillated between 500 thousand and 2 million COP.
Alias Filoteo was arrested Gaula- National Police by virtue of a court order when he was moving through Porvenir neighborhood.
A prosecutor from the Sectional Office in Valle del Cauca charged him with aggravated extortion. He did not plead guilty to the charges.
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.