The Office of the Attorney General also charged 14 other alleged members of this criminal network who were allegedly involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and other illegal activities in the area of Kennedy. They were sent to prison.
After assessing the evidence presented by the Attorney General’s Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence on 15 alleged members of the criminal organization known as ‘Tren de Aragua’.
A prosecutor appointed to the branch office in Bogotá (Seccional Bogotá) charged them, based on individual responsibilities, with aggravated criminal conspiracy, aggravated homicide, attempted homicide, terrorism, extortion; trafficking, manufacturing, or possession of narcotics; manufacturing, trafficking, or possession of firearms; manufacturing, trafficking, and possession of weapons, ammunition for restricted use, for the exclusive use of the Security Forces, or explosives.
The defendants did not plead guilty to the charges and must serve a prison sentence.
The arrests of these 14 individuals were conducted during a home search in Bosa and Kennedy. Three firearms, 73 cartridges, a bulletproof vest, and several doses of narcotics were seized during the proceedings.
Among the prosecuted people is a foreign citizen that would be the main coordinator behind the violent acts and petty drug dealing that take place in southern area of Bogotá. They are: Osmer Josué Castillo Urbaneja, alias Osmer, his trustworthy men Wilfredo José Romero Chirinos, alias Ratón, and Víctor Manuel López García, alias Shakil.
Alias Osmer is serving a prison sentence. It is believed that from that place he ordered the grenade attack against two police officers, which occurred on September 10, 2024, in Llano Grande area in Kennedy. As a result, one woman died and nine people were injured, including both officers.
They are also accused of the violent death of a man in the same area on September 27, 2023, due to so-called settling of scores.
The evidence indicates that they allegedly forced stores owners in the south of the city to sell narcotics in their businesses amid death threats. They also determined who could engage in economic activity and how they could do so in El Amparo, María Paz, Llano Grande, Patio Bonito, San José, San Bernardino, and Villa Ema neighborhoods with previous payments.
The other defendants are: Alexander Antonio Chacón Montero, alias Chacón; Gilberto Manuel Rodríguez Vallez, alias Manuel; Frans Charityn Castellanos Mendoza, alias Franchezca; José Gustavo Carvajal Bravo, alias Junior; José del Carmen Aranguren Torres, Pelon; Leidy Sofía Cuenca Vigoya, alias La Paisa; Alexander José Teran Coronel, alias Neneco; Jhoan Steven Aguirre Pachón, alias Steven; Yuneiber José Peña Moreno, alias Beyaco; Ronald Luis Armando Martínez Agraz, alias Flaco; and Junior Alexander Rojas Peña.
These people would fulfill the roles of sellers, transporters, and collectors of extortions.
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.