The Prosecutor’s Office prosecuted eight alleged members of the ‘Artemisa’ criminal gang, who would be responsible for 10 thefts in residences that occurred between December 2023 and May of this year, for an amount that exceeded 100 million COP.
This gang committed crimes in the municipalities of San Gil, Barichara, Villanueva, Paramo, Charalá, Socorro, Confines and Simacota (Santander).
During the arrest carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office, Police and the Army in San Gil, televisions, gardening items, tools, firearms, household appliances, technology and sound equipment that had been stolen were seized.
Those people who were arrested are: Víctor Manuel Ortiz Ferreira, Richar José Correa Ríos, Oscar Fabián Pinto Mantilla, Brayan Yesid Acelas and Carlos Leonel Gómez.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged them, in accordance with their individual criminal responsibilities with conspiracy to commit aggravated theft, and receiving stolen property.
The judge imposed a prison sentence.
Three other people, who were also prosecuted, did not receive preventive measures
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.