The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted Diego Fernando Perea Márquez for his alleged participation in the murder of a man who tried to avoid a robbery of a woman on September 9 on a public street in Leticia (Amazonas).
A prosecutor assigned to the Sectional Office in Amazonas charged him with aggravated homicide and manufacture, trafficking, possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition.
According to the evidence collected, the victim tried to protect the woman when the arrested man, apparently, in the company of another person, used a firearm and shot him, causing his death.
The defendant did not plead guilty to the charges, and a judge imposed him a prison sentence.
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.