At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, a judge ordered a prison sentence for Willian René Castro Mendoza, who was allegedly transporting ammunition by boat at the dock in La Tagua (Putumayo).
A prosecutor belonging to the Immediate Reaction Unit (Unidad de Reacción Inmediata URI) of the branch Office in Putumayo (Seccional Putumayo) charged him with manufacturing, trafficking, possession of firearms, accessories, parts, or ammunition. The defendant did not plead guilty to the charges.
The events took place on October 12 during a search warrant carried out by the Police and the Navy at the dock where the man was caught in fragante while transporting 20 boxes containing 500 cartridges (caliber 16) hidden in the boat.
The ammunition was allegedly destined for Puerto Arturo, a rural area in Caquetá.
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.