25 alleged members of a criminal network that commits crimes in the northwest of Medellín were sent to prison

One of the alleged members of the criminal network allegedly used rituals as a way to protect the members of the illegal organization.

At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a judge imposed 21 prison sentences and 4 house arrests against alleged members of El Morro de Villa Flora criminal organization, responsible for multiple crimes in the main city of Antioquia.

The people involved are: Rubén Darío Flórez Urrego, alias Carloto; alleged leader of the criminal network; his sentimental partner Nasly Viviana Carvajal Díaz, alias Vivi; his son Darley Esteban Flórez Carvajal, alias Esteban; his sister-in-law Leidy Carolina Echavarría Díaz, alias Caro and his mother-in-law Luz Dary Hernández, alias Doña Luz.

According to the investigation, this illegal group operated in Castilla and Robledo neighborhoods located in comuna 5 and 7 of Medellín, selling narcotics and extorting merchants. As a result of these illegal activities, this criminal organization obtained around 120 million COP daily.

The evidence allowed the Office of the Attorney General to bring charges against the defendants, according to their individual responsibilities, such as aggravated conspiracy to commit crimes; trafficking, manufacture or possession of narcotics; manufacture, trafficking, possession of firearms for personal use and for the armed forces.

Information, in the Office of the Attorney General’s hands, links Andrés Felipe Moreno Valderrama, alias Bruja, as the possible coordinator of the actions. Apparently, the latter performed alleged rituals to protect members of the illegal organization.

Another of the defendants is David Piedrahita Álvarez, alias Piedra, who together with Moreno Valderrama would be involved in the forced disappearance of a man known with the alias Mapache, and whose whereabouts are unknown since November 24, 2023.

25 arrests were conducted by members of the Technical Investigation Corp (CTI) and National Police, during 33 search warrants. In these procedures, marijuana and cocaine ; suppliers, cartridges of different calibers and 124 million pesos in cash were seized.

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.