The Attorney General’s Office obtained a 43-year prison sentence against Jean Luis Jiménez Yarala, alias Estrellita; and Diestéfano Ortíz Andrade, alias El Gringo, responsible for the murder of a National Police patrolman which took place on August 9, 2021 in Malambo (Atlántico).
According to the investigation, the patrolman, at the end of his shift, ask the convicted people to stop committing criminal acts at the so-called Juan XXIII neighborhood, which had been constantly affected by his illicit activities. In response, alias ‘Estrellita’ shot him and then fled on a motorcycle driven by alias ‘El Gringo’.
Based on the evidence collected by the Office of the Attorney General, Ortiz Andrade turned himself in to the Immediate Reaction Unit (Unidad de Reacción Inmediata URI). Jiménez Yarala was arrested by the National Police by virtue of a court order two days after the murder.
During the trial, these people were found responsible for aggravated homicide; and aggravated trafficking, manufacture, possession of firearms, parts or ammunition.
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.