The Attorney General’s Office dealt a hard blow to the criminal group known as Los Poison, which would be involved in the local trafficking of marijuana and cocaine in the Jazmín and La Unión neighborhoods of Ibagué (Tolima).
Members of the Technical Investigative Corps (CTI), in coordination with the National Army, arrested four of its alleged members during two home searches operations. They are José Alejandro Cortés Ontibón, alias Veneno, alleged leader of the criminal group; his mother Claudia Susana Ontibón Sánchez, Melisa Franco Chávez and Jhon Jaider Barrios Lozano.
These people were brought before a judge and were charged, according to their individual responsibilities, with conspiracy to commit crimes for the purposes of drug trafficking; trafficking, manufacture and possession of narcotics and illegal manufacture, trafficking or possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition.
The defendants did not plead guilty to the charges and must serve a prison sentence.
Claudia Susana Ontibón Sánchez would be in charge of preparing doses, packaging and distributing the narcotics with Franco Chaves. For his part, Barrios Lozano, apparently, was the one who sold them, in addition to providing security to prevent the entry of other groups.
During the proceedings, a 38 caliber revolver, cartridges of different calibers, cell phones and several doses of marijuana were seized.
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.