Four of the defendants belong to the same family.
The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted six alleged members of the criminal group ‘Los Bastantes’, a network involved in local drug trafficking in two neighborhoods of Jamundí (Valle del Cauca).
The people involved are Brígida Elida Cabezas González, Diana Vanesa Riascos Cabezas, Jesús David González Agredo, Jhony Andrés Quiñónez Valencia, Nelson Enrique Gutiérrez Mosquera y Breyner Stid Correa Mosquera who were charged with conspiracy to commit crimes and manufacture, trafficking and possession of narcotics.
The investigation revealed that the criminal structure was integrated by an elderly woman, the alleged leader, her daughter, her son-in-law, two grandchildren and two friends. The defendants apparently controlled the distribution and commercialization routes for narcotics in Alamadina and El Rodeo sectors of the municipality of Jamundí, south area of Valle del Cauca.
A human source testified that several members joined to sell marijuana and bazuco in the urban areas of the municipality, which increased the levels of insecurity due to thefts and drug consumption in public spaces such as parks and sport areas.
Investigators from Sijin Police infiltrated the criminal gang for eight months, managing to identify each of its members, as well as the houses where the sale of narcotics took place in Alamadina and El Rodeo.
In eight operations that were carried out by Sijín and the Special Operations Group (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de Seguridad- Goes in Spanish) in Jamundí, the alleged members of ‘Los Bastantes’ were arrested. The criminal organization obtained up to 40 million COP monthly illicit income derived from the criminal activities.
The defendants did not plead guilty to the charges. The judge ordered a prison sentence against the five people.
The defendants were transferred to Jamundí prison.
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.