The evidence provided by a prosecutor from the so-called Unidad de Vida of the Sectional Office in Bolívar allowed a judge to sentence Juan Pablo Castilla Pardo, alias El Tripita or El Flaquito, responsible for the crime of aggravated homicide, to 33 years and 4 months in prison.
According to the investigation, on March 24, 2015, the now convicted man, 28, was part of the illegal armed organization Clan Úsuga. He was the one who shot a 32-year-old man in the Fredonia neighborhood in Cartagena. The victim worked as a motorcycle taxi driver and died at the scene.
The decision determined that Castilla Pardo is disbarred from the right and practice of public functions for 20 years and orders his arrest to serve the sentence
This judicial decision became final.
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.