He General William René Salamanca, director of the National Policeconfirmed that uniformed officers of the institution They would have been accomplices in the escape of Juan Carlos Rodríguez, known as alias ‘Zeus’, a major (r) of the Army, accused of several crimes. Therefore, the officer He apologized to the citizens.
“As Director General of the Police apologized for what happened in the city of Cúcuta. Here there have been a series of errors that are part of the investigation carried out by the Inspector General of the Police himself. Yesterday afternoon I met with him and now the disciplinary action and decisions will come. “I do not rule out that these decisions allow us to certify a copy of the military criminal justice system,” he expressed.
Furthermore, he added that “No police officer can follow paths other than ethics and morality.. And here we do not rule out that there was a collusion of police officers that facilitated the escape of alias Zeus”said Salamanca.
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At the time, in dialogue with La W, the commander of region No.5 of the National Police, General José James Roa, detailed how the escape of ‘Zeus’ was: “there is a person who he feigns a health problem, he is lying next to the door, he is writhing in painthe person who is responsible for security calls the guard commander, two more people go, they are immediately attacked by 49 people who are trying to leave this detention room, 17 flee and the rest are recaptured before leaving the station.”
Juan Carlos Rodríguez, alias ‘Zeus’, andIn 2005 he was sentenced to ten years for the crimes of aggravated criminal conspiracy and training for illicit activities.
‘Zeus’ added another sentence of 12 years for drug trafficking, homicide, torture, forced disappearance and other crimes such as the so-called false positives, he also launched several accusations against several officers of the National Army and their possible links with members of the self-defense groups.
At the time of his capture a few days ago, they found in his possession two pistols, 47 grenades, 2 bars of explosives, 4 communication radios, 8 cell phones, 1 ballistic vest, 1 computer, 2 USB, 3 van-type vehicles and $4,027,000 in cash.
