After Johan Alexánder Nieves Palacios assumed freely, spontaneously, and advised by his lawyer, his responsibility for the crime of aggravated homicide, a trial judge sentenced him to 27 years and 8 months in prison.
The evidence collected established the responsibility of the now convicted man, 24, in a murder with a sharp weapon that took place on July 30, 2020.
The Office of the Attorney General established that Nieves Palacios violently entered the victim’s house, causing several wounds with a sharp weapon. Moments later, he was arrested by the National Police.
The convicted man was deprived of his liberty in a prison, where he will serve the sentence imposed by the 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.