Nataly Machado, Yuliet Echeverry and Mariana Ballesteros were part of a gang dedicated to ant robbery in Manizaleswho were captured by Sijín investigators on March 4 during an operation.
After the guarantee control hearings, None of the three accepted charges of qualified and aggravated robbery. A judge granted them freedom, although they remained linked to the process.
Before the Ninth Municipal Criminal Court of Manizales, last Monday, the Prosecutor’s Office announced that it had reached a preliminary agreement with the aforementioned, they accepted charges, but now They must compensate their victim and they have until May 29.
These women admitted to having stolen about $300,000 in products from a supermarket chain. In order to access the sentence reductions, they will have to compensate the victim with the stolen sum plus about $50,000 for administrative expenses.
They were given one month to pay. In addition, they committed to not committing crimes again.
The losses caused
- According to the latest national census of Fenalco Waste, which includes the figures for 2022, There were about 42 thousand thefts in Colombia, of which 95% correspond to external theft (non-trade) and 5%, to people linked to the commercial or logistics operation.
- According to the report, that year there were losses of $93.65 billion and 10% were committed by individuals alone, while 90% were carried out by gangs.
- In 2021 it was 36% and 64% respectively.
Effectiveness of prosecutions
2019 68%
2020 71%
2021 70%
2022 57%
Main methods
- In aluminum bags 20.4%
- In plastic bag from the warehouse 11.9%
- Consumption in the food store 10.9%
- Hidden in clothing and bags 9.2%
- Change of commodity code 6.6%
- Taking advantage of the fact that the bag is not delivered 5.9%
- Use of deactivators 5.6%
- Elderly use 5.4%
- Packaging change 5.2%
- Complicity of internal staff 5%
- Other methods 13.9%
The most stolen
- Tuna and canned
- Grain
- Meat products
- Candies
- Personal cleanliness
- Spirits
- Digital
- Clothes
- Drugstore
- Milks
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