At the request of a prosecutor from the Sectional Office in Risaralda, a judge imposed a prison sentence on Juan Pablo Mahecha Villa, allegedly responsible for extorting the manager of a hotel located in the Villavicencio neighborhood inPereira (Risaralda).
Apparently, on January 19, the defendant impersonated a member of a criminal group to intimidate the victim and demand the payment of 3 million pesos or he would attack his integrity and his family and to limit his ability to work in the city.
Members of GAULA National Police arrested Mahecha Villa when he was going to receive the money derived from his illicit conduct.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged the person with extortion. He did not plead guilty.
The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.
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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