During home searches, a fragmentation grenade, a shotgun, and pamphlets containing extortion threats against the rural population of Cimitarra were seized.
At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, a judge ordered a prison sentence against three men accused of extorting rural communities in Cimitarra (Santander).
Judicial police activities revealed that on January 26, in San Juan de la Carrilera area in Cimitarra, during raids carried out by the Office of the Attorney General and the National Police, the citizens Yorman Felipe Gómez Gómez, Alejandro Santamaría Viana, Manuel Asdrubal George Pérez, and Luz Celci Ruiz Moreno were arrested. The latter was released but remains linked to the case.
The authorities found and seized a fragmentation grenade for military use, ammunition for military use, firearms ammunition for personal use, a shotgun and pamphlets with extortion threats against the rural population.
Therefore, a local prosecutor charged the defendants with manufacturing, trafficking, and possession of weapons, restricted-use ammunition or explosives reserved for the Armed Forces, and extortion. None of the defendants pleaded guilty to the charges.
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.