The evidence collected by the Attorney General’s Office allowed the prosecution of eight people allegedly responsible for extortion of merchants in a market in Tuluá (Valle del Cauca).
The people involved are: Kevin Andrés Arboleda, Juan Guillermo Martínez Vargas, Jeferson Stiven Acosta Buriticá, Juan Camilo Caicedo Quiñónez, Valentina Grueso Triviño, Andrés Mauricio García Álvarez, Francisco Javier Quiñones and Leidy Julieth Núñez Marín, who were charged with aggravated extortion.
The evidence showed that the defendants were the alleged holders of bank accounts in which money derived from extortions were deposited. They would be involved in more than 30 facts.
The Office of the Attorney General was able to establish that the intimidation of the victims was through video calls or text messages in the name of the criminal group, La Inmaculada. The demands were between 80 thousand and 2 million COP.
These people were arrested during four home searches. Cell phones and a traumatic weapon were seized during the operations.
The defendants did not plead guilty to the charges, and they must serve house arrest according to the judge’s decision.
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.