The 7° Special Circuit Court in Bogotá, acting as Presiding Court, has passed a conviction on Joaquín Pérez Becerra, editor of the “Agencia de Noticias Nueva Colombia – Anncol” to 96 months of imprisonment and 2.700 Minimum Monthly Salaries for the offense of aggravated criminal association.
Last September 11, said Court has announced the ruling to Perez Becerra for the abovementioned offence.
In oral trial carried out to Pérez Becerra, the 19° Prosecutor’s Office assigned to the Unit against Terrorism has proved connections between this individual and “Farc” guerrilla group through technical, documentary and testimonial proofs.
Once known the sentence, the prosecutor’s office has lodged an appeal against the decision to search for a greater total. Perez Becerra will remain imprisoned in a high security building, in “La Picota” Prison, in Bogotá