{"id":43663,"date":"2025-02-12T09:27:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/?p=43663"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:41:58","slug":"alleged-members-of-the-clan-del-golfo-must-serve-a-prison-sentence-for-the-murder-of-a-peace-signer-in-antioquia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/2025\/02\/12\/alleged-members-of-the-clan-del-golfo-must-serve-a-prison-sentence-for-the-murder-of-a-peace-signer-in-antioquia\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged members of the &#8216;Clan del Golfo&#8217; must serve a prison sentence for the murder of a peace signer in Antioquia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><i>The victim was traveling on a stair bus and was approached by a group of armed men who murdered him.<\/i><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The evidence collected by the Attorney General&#8217;s Office allowed the identification of those allegedly responsible for the murder of the peace signer <strong>Luis An\u00edbal Mart\u00ednez, that took place on June 30, 2023, in La Balsita area, in Dabeiba (Antioquia).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people involved are two alleged members of the so-called &#8216;Clan del Golfo&#8217;, identified as <strong>Mario Sucerquia Tuberquia, alias Verruga; and Jorge Ot\u00e1lvaro Ru\u00edz Higuita, alias Marrano, who were charged with aggravated homicide; and manufacturing, trafficking, possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition <\/strong><\/span><strong>by a prosecutor appointed to the Special Investigation Unit (Unidad Especial de Investigaci\u00f3n\u00a0 UEI)<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The investigation revealed that these people were part of the armed group that intercepted and got into a stair bus, asked the occupants to crouch down and shot the victim, causing his death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also established that they belonged to the so-called <strong>Edwin Rom\u00e1n Vel\u00e1zquez Valle front of the \u2018Clan del Golfo\u2019, which operates in the western area of Antioquia.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The defendants did not plead guilty to the charges that were brought by the Office of the Attorney General, and <strong>were sent to prison<\/strong> on the understanding that they remain deprived of liberty for other acts related to the offense of aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The victim was traveling on a stair bus and was approached by a group of armed men who murdered him. 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