The businesses and movements of the police officers accused of letting the powerful ‘Zeus’ fly

Indeed, on April 10 ‘Zeus’ had been captured in an operation in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office, on Mutiscua road, Norte de Santander, moving two 9 mm pistols, Glock 17 with 2 magazines and 32 9 mm cartridges, 32 40 mm grenades, 15 60 mm grenades. mortar type, 16,940 5.56 mm cartridges, two bars of C4 explosive.
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Security videos show how The accused criminal and 21 other prisoners fled the station on high-displacement motorcycles. ​On April 30, three police non-commissioned officers were captured for this incident, but it is suspected that others were involved. Therefore, new captures are not ruled out.

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The captured uniformed men are Rubén Darío Zuleta Álvarez, from Bagre (Antioquia); Jonny Eduardo Cristancho Pereira from Los Patios (Norte de Santander) and Luis Antonio Chaustre Sierra, from El Zulia, (Norte de Santander).

The arrest warrants became effective at 3 p.m. on April 30 at the Cúcuta Metropolitan Police Command. Court 1290 of Military and Police Criminal Instruction is in charge of the case and they will be prosecuted for the crimes of disobedience and prevarication by omission. In addition, two of them – Cristancho and Chaustre – for abandoning their position and favoring escape.
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​A Internal Police report indicates the seriousness of the escape because ‘Zeus’ is a “high value target due to his criminal level.”“.

“According to legally obtained information, the alleged responsibility of the officials described above (the three uniformed officers) is reasonably inferred,” reads arrest warrants 508 – 509 and 510.

Cristancho, a deputy mayor of Police, is known by his colleagues for a decoration he received a few years ago and for an accident he had in May 2023 with the company he had set up in Cúcuta.

According to information picked up by investigators, had a sex shop –Eva Love Sex Shop on the Avenue of the Americas, which opened in July 2022. In fact, a few months ago he uploaded photos to his networks where he reported that a pipe explosion had affected the business: “A pipe from a construction site ended everything.”

In addition to the security cameras, telephone calls and the version according to which ‘Zeus’ had left for another country are verified. In fact, authorities from two countries are asking about the case.

Raids and searches have also been carried out, request for expert analysis of communication and computing equipment, collection and analysis of 18 hours of video from security cameras and request for information from public and private entities. And possible money transactions are traced to those involved and their close circle.
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(See all the articles from the EL TIEMPO Investigative Unit here).

It is known about Rubén Darío Zuleta that he also had a courier business located in the Playa de Cúcuta neighborhood. He has been active since 2012. In addition, a property is registered for him in the Govika neighborhood of that same city.
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​For now, ‘Zeus’, one of the highest-value criminals for the Police, is still on the run.