The Office of the Attorney General brought four alleged members of the criminal group Los Express. This group was allegedly involved in drug traficcking in small doses in the municipality of Tuluá (Valle del Cauca).
The people involved are Jesús Antonio Villamil Grajales, the alleged leader of the illegal group; José Gregorio Torres González, Hernando Martín Muñoz Riascos, and Lisa Marllery Carvajal Hernández, who were charged by a specialized prosecutor from the branch office in Valle del Cauca (Seccional Valle del Cauca) with conspiracy to commit a crime and trafficking, manufacturing, or possession of narcotics.
The investigation determined that the alleged members of the illegal network operated in different areas of Tuluá, where the leader would supply substances to third parties and distributed them to street dealers. Likewise, it is believed that Villamil Grajales was responsible for collecting the illicit proceeds.
During five search warrants carried out on November 25 in the neighborhoods of Villa Colombia, San Pedro Claver, Las Américas, and Porvenir, CTI officers with support from the National Police, executed the arrest warrants.
In the same operation, authorities seized six cell phones, approximately six million pesos in cash, and cocaine ready to be sold in small quantities.
By judicial order, the defendants were sent to prison.
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