At the request of the Attorney General´s Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence on Brandon Alexis Solarte Escobar, who was allegedly found in possession of a firearm without a permit.
A prosecutor appointed to the Immediate Reaction Unit (Unidad de Reacción Inmediata URI) of the branch office in Quindío (Seccional Quindío) charged him with manufacturing, trafficking, or possessing firearms, accessories, parts, or ammunition. The defendant did not plead guilty to the charges.
This person was arrested in fragante during an inspection conducted by National Police in Génova (Quindío). They allegedly found a long-range revolver (32 caliber) in one of the rubber boots that the defendant was wearing.
Solarte Escobar allegedly tried to flee and fractured one of his legs, therefore, he was taken to a hospital.
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.