After a pre-agreement with the General Prosecutor´s Office, the Second Specialized Criminal Court of the circuit of Villavicencio sentenced Carlos Antonio Amaya Urrea to six years and four months in prison for the offenses of manufacturing, trafficking and carrying of weapons for armed forces private use.
The facts took place on November 12, 2012, when judicial officers received information about the presence of an alleged assistant of the illegal armed groups who would provide them with arms and ammunition.
During a search proceeding at Amaya´s house located at La Rosita neighborhood in Villavicencio (Meta), the authorities found 388 cartridges for machine gun, 50 cal hollow points. According to ballistic experts, that ammunition has high destructive power and can be used to carry out attacks on armored vehicles and shoot down aircrafts.
Carlos Antonio Amaya Urrea went to a prison in Villavicencio.