They contacted their victims in Tolima and Cundinamarca, through commercial platforms and social networks using the fake sale of cars, and once they made an appointment, their victims’ belongings were stolen.
The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted two men accused of belonging to a criminal group known as Los Timadores, involved in thefts, under the modality of deception.
The investigation showed that the modus operandi of ‘Los Timadores’ was to use fake publications of vehicle sales on social networks and commercial platforms on Internet to attract their victims and make appointments to conduct the alleged sale.
When the victim arrived at the scene, they would tie the victim up and threaten with death using firearms and sharp objects to subdue and intimidate the victim, robbing the money for the purchase of the vehicle and other belongings. The thefts amount to approximately 90 million COP.
The people involved are Juan Sebastián Cabra Figueroa and Miyer Duvan Velásquez Méndez, who are deprived of their liberty for another process. A prosecutor belonging to the Support Group (Estructura de Apoyo) in Tolima charged them with conspiracy to commit a crime, torture, simple kidnapping, possession of firearms and qualified and aggravated theft, that took place in Melgar and Bogotá in 2021. They did not plead guilty to the charges.
These men would be linked to four criminal acts. The dismantling of this criminal organization was achieved with these accusations. Another four alleged members are in the trial stage.
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.