At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence against Lubin Efrén Prieto Galvis for his alleged responsibility in the illegal request for payment made to a merchant in Madrid (Cundinamarca).
In this regard, a prosecutor charged him with aggravated extortion with attempt. During the hearings, the defendant did not plead guilty to the charges, and he was sentenced to prison.
The defendant allegedly demanded a sum of money from the victim in exchange for not harming him or his family. Through phone calls, he identified himself as a member of a criminal group.
Prieto Galvis was arrested by Gaula of the National Police on May 12, where he was allegedly receiving 3,000,000 pesos as part of the extortion.
A motorcycle and a cell phone were also seized during the 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.