The Attorney General’s Office charged José Manuel Vera Sulbarán, alias Satanás, leader of the so-called Tren de Aragua, with the crime of threats against human rights defenders and public servants.
The facts took place on January 2 when the defendant, apparently, threatened three members of the Instituto Nacional y Penitenciario de Colombia- Inpec (Penitentiary Center in Colombia), including the head of the security forces and two guards of the Palogordo prison, located in Girón (Santander).
According to the threat, alias Satanás allegedly paid 30 million COP to the person who established the places of residence of the officers and killed them.
Vera Sulbarán was arrested on November 1, 2023 in Ecuador, within the framework of an investigation related to the crimes of extortion and homicide, among others.
Currently, he is deprived of liberty in a prison in Valledupar, Cesar.
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.