Among the items that were stolen there were Jewelry, a laptop and cash. The value of the assets exceeded 70 million pesos.
The evidence presented by the Attorney General’s Office allowed a judge to sentence Estibenson Mauricio Rodríguez and Yenni Paola Jiménez to 9 years in prison for being responsible for stealing the belongings of a well-known merchant in Garzón (Huila).
The facts took place in a residential complex in that municipality in September 2022. As confirmed by the investigation, Jiménez, who is the victim’s relative, gave all the instructions to her accomplice to commit the theft.
It was also established that the convicted people broke into one of the windows of the house with saws and hammers and entered where there were two strong boxes containing gold jewelry, a watch, cash, documents, a laptop and wallets; assets valued at 75 million COP.
Likewise, it was learned through interceptions that Rodríguez contacted a jewelry dealer in Neiva (Huila) to sell part of the stolen items.
The defendants were sentenced for aggravated robbery.
The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.
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.