The Attorney General’s Office brought Yesid Londoño Hurtado before a judge in Buga (Valle del Cauca) for being the alleged perpetrator of attempted extortion.
A specialized prosecutor appointed to the branch office in Valle del Cauca identified the defendant as the person who allegedly claimed to belong to an organized armed group on behalf of whom he conducted illegal financial demands since April 27, when he asked for the payment of one million pesos.
As a result of these incidents, officers from the Gaula of National Police’s arrested Londoño Hurtado in flagrante delicto on April 30 in La Magdalena, where he was receiving a sum of money, allegedly derived from a crime.
A judge imposed a punishment of house arrest.
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.