Sijin (National Police) and the Criminal Investigation Team (CTI) of Medellin arrested alias “Talibán” (21 years old) and alias “Macario”(21 years old) for being the alleged co-authors of the murder of community leader Ruth Alicia López Guisado which took place in march this year.

The 32 year old victim was shot by hitmen on March 2 at Olaya Herrera neighborhood located in the so called Comuna 13 neighborhood in Medellin.

The arrested people were part of a criminal organization known as “Carlos Pesebre” whose ringleader was sentenced to 36 years in prison for murder offenses.