The investigative activities carried out by the Office of the Attorney General made it possible to determine that the man hit the victim in the head with a tile.
Based on the evidence obtained by the Attorney General’s Office, Darwin Eliezer Meléndez Lotero accepted through a preliminary agreement his responsibility in the murder of the animal-rights activist, Claudia Esther Ocampo Camacho, which took place on February 26, downtown Bogotá.
A judge in Bogotá approved the judicial agreement and sentenced Meléndez Lotero to eight years and eight months in prison for the crime of homicide.
The investigation reveals that the victim and her husband were riding their bicycles around the roundabout located at the Bicentenario TransMilenio station, and suddenly became involved in an argument with a group of people who were at the place.
In the midst of the situation, Meléndez Lotero, a citizen from Venezuelan, threw a tile at the woman, leaving her unconscious and seriously injured. The victim was taken to Santa Clara Hospital, but died the next day due to a cranioencephalic trauma.
The investigative activities carried out by the Technical Investigative Corps (CTI) and the National Police, such as obtaining videos of the scene, witness statements and identification of photographs, showed that Meléndez Lotero was the person who committed the murder.
In the sentence, the judge determined that, after serving his sentence, the defendant must be expelled from the country.
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.