At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a judge ordered a prison sentence against Jaiber Stiven Ramírez Sandoval and Alfonso Duarte Durán, allegedly responsible for intimidating cattle breeders, merchants, and farmers in Casanare.
A prosecutor appointed to the branch office in Casanare (Seccional Casanare) charged them with extortion. The defendants did not plead guilty to the charges.
Officers of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI), with support from Gaula- National Army, arrested Ramírez Sandoval and Duarte Durán in flagrante in Muese de Paz area of Ariporo (Casanare), while they were receiving 20 million COP from extortion.
According to the investigation, the incident took place in the rural area of Paz de Ariporo, where the victims received intimidating phone calls and messages on social media demanding payment of sums ranging between 150 and 200 million COP in exchange for not harming their families or employees.
During the arrest, two cell phones and a motorcycle 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.