Judicial
Due to the expiration of terms, the Tenth Guarantees Control Court of Neiva released the eight young people accused of belonging to the ‘front line’ during the social outbreak that occurred in 2021, during the government of President Iván Duque.
Six men and two women had been deprived of their liberty for more than two years. The decision was adopted after 240 days of preventive detention without completing the oral trial hearing stage against the detainees.
Those released are Kevin David García Mosquera, Andrés Felipe Yara Vargas, Pablo Fernando Vargas Lima, Edwin Herrera Pimentel, Cristian Andrés Reyes Cuellar, Ignacio Sebastián Zambrano Rodríguez, Angie Carolina Cuellar Ospina and Vanesa Cabrera Sánchez.
Initially they were being prosecuted for the crimes of terrorism, kidnapping, aggravated arson, qualified and aggravated robbery, illegal possession of firearms, disruption of public transport, obstruction of public roads and conspiracy to commit a crime. However, kidnapping and terrorism were excluded from the criminal process.
“These young people were presented as dangerous criminals with additional charges such as terrorism and kidnapping, which were later removed from the indictment, but which were key to their remaining in detention for all that time,” said July Henríquez Sampayo, who confirmed this. lawyer for Kevin David García and Cristhian Reyes, two of the young people who benefited from the court ruling.
During the hearing the judge was very clear in saying that the process continues ”Release is ordered with a clear warning for the accused that it is a cause for release due to expiration of terms and is not a disconnection from the criminal process that there are against.”
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