The evidence provided by the Attorney General’s Office allowed a judge in Yopal (Casanare) to impose a prison sentence against Kiliam Yasmany Ordóñez Suárez, alias Killer, who would be part of an illegal armed group.
The joint work between the Attorney General’s Office and the Police of Gaula showed that the defendant would be responsible for extorting businessmen and owners of farms, in addition to perpetrating terrorist attacks with explosives, as a way of pressuring the payment of high sums of money.
The Office of the Attorney General charged Ordóñez Suárez with aggravated conspiracy to commit crimes, terrorism, manufacture, trafficking and possession of weapons, ammunition for restricted use and for the exclusive use of the armed forces or explosives. He did not plead guilty to the charges.
Information in the Office of the Attorney General’s hands determined that ‘Killer’ would be involved in the frustrated terrorist actions that took place last May 1st when several men allegedly placed loads of indugel at the entrance to the municipality of Hato Corozal (Casanare).
The timely provided information by citizens allowed to avoid the attack. This allegedly generated retaliation by the illegal armed group, which ordered an attack against a community leader, to intimidate businessmen and extort merchants under the treat of being the target of attacks.
Coordinated actions between the Office of the Attorney General, the Police, the Army and the Colombian Air Force allowed the arrest of the defendants in the rural area of Sácama (Casanare), last October 17.
At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, the judge imposed a prison sentence on ‘Killer’.
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.