These facts occurred in the rural area Paujil de Ataco and Santa Luisa de Chaparral neighborhood (Tolima).
At the request of a prosecutor belonging to the Sectional Office in Tolima Section, judges imposed prison sentence for two men who, allegedly, murdered two men during fights.
The first incident occurred on February 26, 2023 in a public establishment in rural area Paujil de Ataco (Tolima) when Yeferson Suárez González allegedly attacked a 30-year-old man with a sharp weapon after they began to argue and throw chairs at each other in the middle personal disagreements.
The second case occurred on July 20 when Joan Andrei Montoya Puertas attacked a man with a knife. The facts took place in Santa Luisa neighborhood in Chaparral (Tolima). The alleged aggressor was caught in flagrante by surveillance officers. The victim, 22 years old, died at a hospital.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged both defendants with homicide. They did not plead guilty to the charges.
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.