The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted Mario Alexander López Mesías as the alleged perpetrator of transporting 53 kilos of marijuana in a private vehicle while driving through the municipality of Zarzal (Valle del Cauca) on August 15.
According to the investigation, the defendant attempted to flee the scene to evade a National Police checkpoint. Authorities found 107 packages of marijuana in the vehicle when he was intercepted, therefore, he was arrested in flagrante.
A prosecutor from the branch office in Valle del Cauca charged the defendant with trafficking, manufacturing, or possession of narcotics. He did not plead guilty to the charges.
A judge approved the Prosecutor’s Office’s request and ordered a prison sentence against the defendant.
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.