In a recent judicial ruling, the owner of a glamping In Manta, Cundinamarca, he was convicted of his responsibility in a tragedy that occurred on April 22, 2022.
That day, A woman identified as Deysy Riaño lost her life and her partner, Fabián Guillermo Sarmiento, was in a vegetative state Due to the inhalation of toxic gases while staying in the place.
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Despite the seriousness of the facts, the owner of the establishment, Raúl Méndez Moreno, accepted his guilt through a pre -agreement with the Attorney General’s Office, which resulted in a three -year prison sentence and a fine of 24 current monthly legal minimum wages.
A Criminal Knowledge Judge of Chocontá endorsed the negotiation, with which Méndez Moreno was convicted of the crimes of guilty homicide and personal injuries, but not due to homicide or attempted homicide of homicide, as the family of the victims had initially demanded.
The Prosecutor’s Office said that the owner’s performance was clearly negligent by allowing improvised connections of heaters and equipment without complying with minimal technical standards. This situation resulted in the escape of the mortal gas that became a life and left another person with irreversible sequelae.
The accusing body showed that the improvised works were carried out by personnel without the technical training or the necessary permitswhich caused serious failures in the dome ventilation system in which the victims were housed.
In addition, forensic evidence revealed that Deysy Riaño died from an intense inhalation of carbon monoxide: in his blood a concentration of carboxyhemoglobin of greater than 60% saturation was found, a lethal level.
His partner, Fabián Guillermo Sarmiento, was also severely affected. “My brother -in”Said Claudia Riaño, the victim’s sister, to the RCN news.
The relative also recalled that on the day of the events, it was only until hours of the afternoon – among 1 and 2 pm – that Méndez Moreno, not receiving response from the guests, decided to enter the dome through a window. There he found the couple agonizing.
“Within glamping there was a bell of a heater, it is seen that it is with a connection with a PVC tube. They sleep and how the monoxide unfortunately enters the body and leaves it unconscious, they did not realize”.
The delay in attention and lack of emergency protocols were also a reason for questioning by the family.
Sarmiento, an athlete with professional aspirations, has not been able to recover and only communicates through the eye movement. With deep pain, His mother has assured several media that he is aware of his status and the death of his partner, and that he cries when he communicates with his daughters.
This case has generated concern between experts and citizens about the lack of regulation and technical control in alternative tourist establishments, such as glampingswhich have proliferated in recent years in Colombia without adequate supervision in security.
The tragedy exposed emptiness in the rules that govern the use of gas and ventilation facilities in this type of lodging, and has led to organizations of consumers and tourism sectors to demand an urgent review of the protocols and operating requirements.
On May 8, through a public hearing, the conviction against Raúl Méndez Moreno will be officially readowner of glamping.
