{"id":44678,"date":"2026-02-05T15:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/?p=44678"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:14:32","slug":"an-alleged-member-of-a-criminal-group-involved-in-local-drug-trafficking-in-ibague-was-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/2026\/02\/05\/an-alleged-member-of-a-criminal-group-involved-in-local-drug-trafficking-in-ibague-was-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"An alleged member of a criminal group involved in local drug trafficking in Ibagu\u00e9 was arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the request of the Office\u00a0of the Attorney\u00a0General,\u00a0a\u00a0judge ordered a prison\u00a0sentence on\u00a0Jhon Jairo Vargas Lesmes,\u00a0alleged\u00a0member of the criminal group\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Los\u00a0Mostros<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0involved in\u00a0local drug trafficking in\u00a0Ibagu\u00e9\u00a0(Tolima).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A prosecutor\u00a0appointed to\u00a0the\u00a0branch office in\u00a0Tolima\u00a0(Seccional\u00a0Tolima)\u00a0charged him\u00a0with conspiracy\u00a0to commit a crime and trafficking, manufacturing, or possession of narcotics. The defendant did not\u00a0plead guilty to the charges.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to the investigation, Vargas Lesmes allegedly sold doses of marijuana and\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">bazuco<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in the marketplace\u00a0located\u00a0on 21st Street and neighborhoods La Estaci\u00f3n,\u00a0Hip\u00f3dromo, San Pedro Alejandrino, La Cartagena, Garz\u00f3n, and El Carmen.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The National Police arrested this\u00a0person\u00a0in a public area of\u00a0Ibagu\u00e9. In November 2025, nine alleged members of the\u00a0aforementioned criminal\u00a0group were prosecuted.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">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\u00a0disclosed, 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><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:360,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the request of the Office\u00a0of the Attorney\u00a0General,\u00a0a\u00a0judge ordered a prison\u00a0sentence on\u00a0Jhon Jairo Vargas Lesmes,\u00a0alleged\u00a0member of the criminal group\u00a0Los\u00a0Mostros,\u00a0involved in\u00a0local drug trafficking in\u00a0Ibagu\u00e9\u00a0(Tolima).\u00a0 A prosecutor\u00a0appointed to\u00a0the\u00a0branch office in\u00a0Tolima\u00a0(Seccional\u00a0Tolima)\u00a0charged him\u00a0with conspiracy\u00a0to commit a crime and trafficking, manufacturing, or possession of narcotics. The defendant did not\u00a0plead guilty to the charges.\u00a0 According to the investigation, Vargas Lesmes allegedly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44678"}],"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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44679,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44678\/revisions\/44679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}