Police reported as “missing” in Arauca was found playing pool in Bogotá

He last May 26 It was the last date on which “there was trace” of Luis Alberto Morales Almonacida uniformed Police who, according to information that emerged in the national media, was providing his service in the season Of the municipality of Saravenain Arauca.

During that week, the patrolman apparently I would have gone on break because he requested a permit to travelbut his family did not find out about it: because it was his relatives who began to spread a story on social networks photography with the image of the policeman in which they took him for granted missing.

The anguish of Morales Almonacid’s family lasted 22 days: Well, it was not until last June 15 that the Police itself found the member of that institution. However, what caught the attention was the context in which its discovery was presented: Well, patrolman Luis Morales was found in a billiards in Bogota.

The group of uniformed officers who went to the site found the patrolman holding pool cue and dressed in blue jeans and a Real Madrid shirt, and they proceeded to request his ID to corroborate his identity.

“I should have shown up and I didn’t show up”, are the words that the patrolman said to the other police officers, acknowledging that he requested permission and did not return on the requested dates.

Therefore, the patrolman was arrested on the spotsince he engaged in conduct typified in the article 107 of the Military Penal Code, which states that:

“The Officer or Non-Commissioned Officer of the Public Force, or the staff of agents or the executive level of the National Police who abandons the duties of the position for more than five (5) consecutive daysor does not present itself to the respective superior within the same period counted from the date indicated by the regulations or superior orders, for the fulfillment of acts of the service.or, or does not appear within five (5) days following the date of expiration of a license, permit, vacation or its legally communicated cancellation, will incur a prison sentence of one (1) to three (3) years.“

• Moment of discovery and capture of the patrol car (June 15, 2024)