The Prosecutor’s Office prosecuted six of the alleged members of a structure that would be involved in at least 10 thefts that would exceed 60 million COP.
After associating several denounces on housebreaking in Boyacá and Cundinamarca and collecting evidence, the Attorney General’s Office identified a criminal network known as Los Fantasmas that is allegedly involved in at least 10 crimes that exceeded 60 million COP.
Six people who were part of this illegal network were brought by a prosecutor from the Sectional Office in Boyacá before a judge and charged them with conspiracy and aggravated theft.
The evidence that was collected determined that the defendants apparently identified residences where celebrations or social meetings took place and then; during the night or in the early morning committed breaking and entering and stole money, jewelry and other valuable items.
José Estiven Méndez Rincón, Walter Esneider Rodríguez Castro, Richard Ángel Blanco Gutiérrez, Duvan Steven Reyes Moreno and Germán Andrés Morantes Modesto were prosecuted for these facts.
At the request of the prosecutor in the case, the judge imposed custodial measures and sent them to prison
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.