Alias ’Camilo’ has been in prison since 2023 for his possible responsibility in other criminal acts.
Prosecutors from the Special Investigation Unit (UEI) presented two alleged members of the ‘Clan del Golfo’ before guarantee control judges, who would be involved in the murder of two social leaders in Barrancabermeja (Santander) and Nariño (Antioquia).
At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a guarantee control judge imposed a security measure in a prison on Cristian Macareo Romero, alias ‘Caballo’, an alleged hitman of the self-proclaimed Édgar Madrid Benjumea front of the ‘Clan del Golfo’, for his possible participation in the murder of the social leader, Efraín Sánchez Durán, perpetrated on November 25, 2022, in Barrancabermeja (Santander).
The victim, director of a foundation that supported older adults in vulnerable situations, was intercepted and attacked indiscriminately by armed men.
In that sense, ‘Caballo’ was charged with the crimes of aggravated homicide, aggravated criminal conspiracy; and manufacturing, trafficking, carrying or possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition.
A prosecutor from the Special Investigation Unit also managed to prosecute Carlos Alberto Herrera Arcila, alias ‘Camilo’, the alleged ringleader of a substructure of the ‘Clan del Golfo’, as allegedly responsible for the crime of the community leader and rancher, Jairo de Jesús Zuleta. Alvarez.
On April 18, 2023, members of the illegal armed group arrived at a farm in the Morro Azul neighborhood of Nariño (Antioquia) and shot the victim repeatedly until he died.
Alias ’Camilo’ was charged with the crimes of aggravated homicide; and manufacturing, trafficking, carrying or possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition. Currently, he is deprived of his liberty in a prison facility for other criminal acts in which he would be involved.
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