A prosecutor appointed to the Sectional Office in Huila prosecuted Yerson Chiripua Tovar, 25, as the alleged perpetrator of manufacturing, trafficking and possession of firearms, ammunition for restricted use, for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces or explosives.
The decision was adopted after alias Mechas was arrested by officers belonging to the Special Operations Group (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales GOES in spanish), the Police and the National Army. The arrest took place on November 3 in a commercial establishment in the municipality of La Argentina.
During the operation, ammunition of different calibers, cash, a pixelated military cap and a bracelet alluding to the extinct Farc were seized from the defendant.
Chiripua Tovar denied his responsibility for the crimes. The evidence provided by the prosecutor allowed a judge to impose a prison sentence at the so-called La Plata prison in Huila.
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.