Many acts that contravene the criminal law according to the authorities were being committed by several men of Wayuu origin in the section of the road that connects the town of Mayapo in the municipality of Manaure and the place of Four Ways in a rural area, municipality of Maicao.
There were events in which only one person participated and in others, there were several participants; which are being identified in a work articulated between the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office.
The group of people became more visible to the authorities when on May 10, 2024, on the road that connects the branch of the Caribbean trunk to the town of Mayapo in the municipality of Manaure, they decided to strip their motorcycle and various belongings to a couple of influencers.
Then this theft occurred, all the State security agencies were activated in La Guajira, they even had the support of the governor of the department and the Departmental Secretary of Indigenous Affairs; who had to talk with the traditional authorities of the Wayuu ethnic group so that the motorcycle and belongings could be recovered.
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Indeed, the motorcycle was left in a place where the authorities arrived to pick it up and immediately They took the fingerprints left on the little boy rolling which were compared with those that each citizen has in the registry and thus they were able to identify the responsible for the theft.
Likewise, it managed to unify the folders of the investigations that were being carried out into the events that in that sector of La Guajira had been committed and spoken portraits With human sources allowed us to infer which person it was.
This is how the second municipal court with mixed functions of Maicao issues the arrest warrant against the citizen of Wayuu origin, Juan Carlos Ipuana Ipuana known in the criminal world with the alias ‘Pacho’ 28 years old.
This requirement indicates that he is seriously committed to the crimes of aggravated homicide and manufacture, trafficking, possession of firearms. That arrest warrant was issued by transit and transportation section of La Guajira at kilometer 5 of the Mayapo road.
«We appreciate the support and collaboration of citizens in the process of identification and capture of individuals wanted by justice. “Citizen reporting continues to be a fundamental tool in the fight against crime.” Mr. assured Colonel Diego Edison Montaña Gómez commander of the La Guajira Police Department.
