The Sectional Office in Caldas prosecuted Gerfin Esteban Grisales Orozco and Cristian Camilo Mena Díaz as allegedly responsible for homicides that occurred in Villamaría and Viterbo (Caldas), respectively.
On May 24, 2024, Grisales Orozco, along with another person, allegedly hit a person who was passing through Jorge Eliécer Gaitán neighborhood of Villamaría (Caldas) with two blunt objects. The victim died on June 13 in a healthcare center in Manizales. The Office of the Attorney General charged him with aggravated homicide.
On July 15, 2023, a man riding motorcycle was intercepted by two people, in Viterbo, including Mena Díaz, who shot him several times, causing his death. The Prosecutor’s Office charged him with aggravated homicide and manufacturing, trafficking, possession of firearms.
The defendants did not plead guilty to the charges. Judges imposed prison sentences.
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.