At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, prison sentences were imposed for Miguel Ángel Silva Arroyo, Jeysson Armando Plazas Castillo, and Edwin Córdoba Cordón, for their alleged responsibility in the murders of two men that took place in separate incidents in Yopal (Casanare).
Prosecutors belonging to the branch office in Casanare (Seccional Casanare) charged them, according to their individual responsibility, with aggravated homicide and homicide. None of them pleaded guilty to the charges.
The Attorney General’s Office established that on November 2, Silva Arroyo and Plazas Castillo were involved in a fight with a merchant, whom they allegedly beat to death.
These men were arrested by the National Police in Aguazul (Casanare) and Sogamoso (Boyacá).
In another incident that took place on June 1 in the area known as Llano Lindo, Córdoba Cordón allegedly attacked a man during a fight multiple times with a bladed weapon, causing his death.
The National Police arrested him at El Charte toll station, on the road from Yopal to Aguazul (Casanare).
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.