Two men were brought by The Attorney General’s Office before judges for their alleged responsibility in robberies that took place in different incidents in Popayán (Cauca).
In this sense, a prosecutor charged them with qualified and aggravated robbery. The defendants did not plead guilty to the charges and were sent to prison.
In the first case, Cristián Felipe Maca Astaiza, who allegedly participated in three motorcycle robberies that took place in the Nueva Japón, Santa Inés and Nuevo Amanecer neighborhoods in Popayán, was prosecuted.
According to the investigation, between June 2023 and February of this year, the defendant allegedly intercepted the victims when they were riding their motorcycles which were robbed through threats with a knife.
This person was arrested by the Technical Investigative Corps (Cuerpo Técnico de Investigación CTI) with the support of the National Police in Alfonso López neighborhood in Cauca.
In another incident, the Office of the Attorney General submitted evidence of the alleged participation of Miguel Ángel Bravo Cuevas, alias Caballo, in a robbery that occurred on October 11, 2023. The man allegedly approached a citizen who was riding his motorcycle and intimidated him with robbing his vehicle and his belongings.
In the midst of the robbery, the victim was apparently injured in one hand and one leg.
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.