In the last few hours, they sent alias JJ or El Flaco to jail, who is accused of entering the air terminal platform and abandoning the device at the site where the military helicopters are located.
At the request of a prosecutor from the Specialized Directorate against Criminal Organizations, a guarantee control judge from Cúcuta (Norte de Santander) imposed a security measure in the prison center on JJH Palencia, alias JJ or El Flaco, alleged explosivesman of the 33rd front. the dissidents of the FARC.
The events occurred on August 11, 2023, when this person would have entered the facilities of the Camilo Daza international airport, which serves Cúcuta, and abandoned a briefcase with explosives, according to audiovisual records and other evidence collected by the authorities. .
According to police technicians, who arrived at the scene and found that the device was composed of 40 kilograms of ammonium nitrate and 2 washing machine clocks, so they proceeded to detonate it in a controlled manner.
During the course of the investigation it was established that ‘JJ’ or ‘El Flaco’, apparently, acted under the direct instruction of alias Darwin, one of the leaders of the illegal armed group in Norte de Santander and the border area with Venezuela.
The alleged bomber was captured in a joint action with the National Police on a public street in the Ospina Pérez neighborhood, in Cúcuta. In the procedure, a revolver, six cartridges, a fragmentation grenade and a cell phone were seized.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged him with the crime of aggravated criminal conspiracy, terrorism; and manufacture, trafficking and carrying of weapons for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces or explosives; and manufacturing, trafficking, carrying or possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition.
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