The evidence presented by a prosecutor appointed to the Sectional Office in Quindío allowed a judge to send five people to prison. They are investigated for at least 12 robberies in stores, houses and public service vehicles. The incidents occurred in the Simón Bolívar neighborhood in Armenia, during 2023.
People involved are: Eider Fabián Martínez Holguín, alias Duende; Yefri Leandro Meneses Álvarez, alias Chuky; Duver Julián Tavera Benítez, alias el Calvo; Yustin Daniel Gómez Castaño, alias Yustin and Jhon Alexánder Avendaño Morales, alias Avendaño who were charged by the Prosecutor’s Office with conspiracy to commit a crime and aggravated robbery.
Several of the defendants violently entered premises and houses where inhabitants were subdued. They seized valuable objects and threatened them with retaliation if they denounced them. Others watched and alerted the others, a function known as “campaneros”, and were strategically located on roads near the places where they would commit crimes.
The defendants would also be involved in threats with a sharp weapon against the driver of a public service vehicle whose money was robbed.
The National Police arrested Meneses Álvarez, Tavera Benítez and Gómez Castaño on August 25 in Simón Bolívar neighborhood. Martínez Holguín and Avendaño Morales were notified of the criminal proceedings against them at the prison where they remain for other crimes
The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.
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.