{"id":39602,"date":"2021-01-21T20:01:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T01:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/?p=39602"},"modified":"2021-01-22T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:28:00","slug":"we-have-achieved-a-50-reduction-in-murders-in-comuna-13-in-medellin-thanks-to-the-dismantling-of-gangs-attorney-general-francisco-barbosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/2021\/01\/21\/we-have-achieved-a-50-reduction-in-murders-in-comuna-13-in-medellin-thanks-to-the-dismantling-of-gangs-attorney-general-francisco-barbosa\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We have achieved a 50% reduction in murders in Comuna 13 in Medell\u00edn thanks to the dismantling of gangs&#8221;: Attorney General Francisco Barbosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><em><span lang=\"en-US\">Between September 2020 and January 2021, twenty nine (29) alleged leaders of criminal structures that affected public safety in Medell\u00edn and other towns in the Department of Antioquia were prosecuted.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><span lang=\"en-US\">The Attorney General Barbosa also revealed 100% progress in the clarification of femicides in Antioquia.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, announced in his visit to the municipality of Apartad\u00f3, in Urab\u00e1 Antioque\u00f1o, the conclusive results obtained in matters of public safety with the strategy that was drew up last year to combat high impact crimes and delinquency in the Department of Antioquia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Accompanied by the Deputy Attorney Martha Mancera, the Delegate Director on Public Safety, Luisa Obando; and the sectional directors of Medell\u00edn and Antioquia, the Attorney General revealed the progress made against criminal organizations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">\u201cIn Medell\u00edn, we have achieved a 50% reduction in murders in\u00a0<i>Comuna 13<\/i>\u00a0thanks to the dismantling of gangs such as La Agon\u00eda, Betania and La Divisa, with operations that were carried out last year. Between September 2020 and January 2021, we have arrested and prosecuted 29 leaders who also controlled drug trafficking, committed extortion of merchants and drivers, and forced displacement\u201d, stated the Attorney General.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The Office of the Attorney General filed an indictment before the criminal judges of the Special Circuit of Medell\u00edn against 20 alleged members of the criminal organizations La Betania and La Agon\u00eda that commit crimes in\u00a0<i>Comuna 13<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Among those people charged with aggravated criminal conspiracy are Andr\u00e9s Felipe Cano Escobar, alias Firu or Firulai, alleged leader of the organization La Agon\u00eda, and Diego Armando Mesa, alias Mancuso, alleged coordinator of the criminal structure Betania.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">New indictments\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">In the coming days, the Office of the Attorney General will file an indictment against 9 other alleged members of the criminal gang La Divisa, that operate in the aforementioned Comuna in Medell\u00edn, and whose leader would be Lucas Acosta Mart\u00ednez, alias Lucas, who is also deprived of freedom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">In addition to criminal conspiracy to commit a crime, several of the members of the criminal organization La Divisa will be charged as allegedly responsible for kidnapping offenses, murder and extortion, as independent crimes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Two of these kidnappings were committed in August 2020 when two merchants who sold footwear and clothing in that area of \u200b\u200bMedell\u00edn were kidnapped the same day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">&#8220;These actions that we have been carrying out in different parts of the country, in the city of Cali, in Bogot\u00e1 and other Colombian territories, show that the Office of the Attorney general is offering public security and accompanying citizens&#8221;, stressed the Attorney General Barbosa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">Antioquia\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">On the other hand, he pointed out that \u201cUrab\u00e1 Antioque\u00f1o has been prioritized by the Attorney General, the Police, the Navy and the Army. The area of \u200b\u200bApartad\u00f3, Carepa, Chigorod\u00f3, San Juan, San Pedro de Urab\u00e1, Necocl\u00ed and Urab\u00e1 Chocoano- Acand\u00ed, Capurgan\u00e1 and Sapzuro will have the Office of the Attorney General\u2019s itinerant accompaniment to combat and impact the criminal structures that ravage the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Finally, the Attorney General highlighted that 100% clarification of femicides was reached in the Department of Antioquia, thus guaranteeing the integrity and rights of women as he established in his Strategic Direction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">When we speak, results follow\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"en-US\">The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out the 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.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between September 2020 and January 2021, twenty nine (29) alleged leaders of criminal structures that affected public safety in Medell\u00edn and other towns in the Department of Antioquia were prosecuted.\u00a0 The Attorney General Barbosa also revealed 100% progress in the clarification of femicides in Antioquia.\u00a0 \u00a0 The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, announced in his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-attorney-general","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39603,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39602\/revisions\/39603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}