At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence on Wilmar Noe Rodríguez Peña and José Neyl Rangel Ocampo, for their alleged responsibility in making illegal economic demands on a merchant in Acacias (Meta), since July 2024.
The Office of the Attorney General charged them with aggravated extortion with attempt. They did not plead guilty.
Rodríguez Peña and Rangel Ocampo were arrested in flagrante delicto, on January 23 in Bogotá by officers of the Technical Investigative Corps (CTI) with the support of Gaula- National Army of Meta while they were going to receive the money derived from extortion.
According to the investigation, the merchant received phone calls from people who identified themselves as FARC members, who allegedly demanded the payment of 80 million COP in exchange for not harming their physical integrity and that of their employees.
At Rodríguez Peña’s suggestion, who was known by the victim, the merchant decided to pay the amount that was demanded.
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.