After approving the preliminary agreement between the Office of the Attorney General and Wilmar Hernández Jaimes’ defense, a specialized judge sentenced the defendant to 7 years and 6 months in prison for aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime.
A specialized prosecutor in Cartagena demonstrated that the convicted person was the head of the criminal organization La Oficina, responsible for controlling drug trafficking in neighborhoods of 2 de November, Esmeralda, El Prado and Villa Juliana in Magangué (Bolívar).
It was proved that the criminal group had connections with the ‘Clan del Golfo’ and threatened the population or other similar organizations to control the distribution and sale of narcotics in that municipality.
The convicted man, 50 years old, must pay a fine of 2.700 monthly minimum wages.
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.