Jacobo de Jesús Valenciano Yepes, son of the iconic former Colombian soccer player Iván René Valenciano, was captured and placed under house arrest for his alleged participation in a multimillion-dollar robbery in Medellín on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.
The Attorney General’s Office assured that the 18-year-old young man, who was accompanied by two other subjects on motorcycles, had participated in the theft of a gold chain valued at 12 million pesos, as well as a high-quality cell phone. spectrum.
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Security cameras at a commercial establishment in the Granada neighborhood of Medellín captured the exact moment when the victim was approached by men riding motorcycles, one of whom was identified as the son of Iván René Valenciano.
The video quickly went viral on social media, as shows the son of the former Colombia national team player arriving at a bakery in commune 16 of Medellín, where he threatened the victim with a firearmAfter the theft, the young man fled on his motorcycle; however, the cameras were able to identify the vehicle with license plates LCP14C, a fact that was crucial for his capture.
The audiovisual material shows when Valenciano descends from a National Police patrol to pose next to the firearm and the motorcycle on which he was traveling, elements that were seized by the authorities. “One of them would be Valenciano Yepes. The men apparently intimidated the person with a traumatic weapon and stripped him of valuable items,” the Prosecutor’s Office report says.
After receiving the emergency call, the police deployed a lockdown plan to locate the criminal. The young man was arrested in flagrante delicto while he was driving his vehicle in the capital of Antioquia.
The authorities managed to capture Valenciano with the help of LPR cameras, which are experts in license plate recognition. During the operation, the uniformed officers found the traumatic weapon with which the young man allegedly intimidated his victim and later stripped her of his belongings. In addition, the motorcycle had adulterated license plates.
A prosecutor from the Immediate Reaction Unit charged him with the crimes of qualified and aggravated theft and trademark falsification., charges that were not accepted by the defendant. The judge’s decision was appealed by the prosecutor in the case before the second instance.
Jacobo de Jesús Valenciano has four other siblings on his father’s side: Iván René Valenciano, Anderson Iván Valenciano, Imar Valenciano and Aldhair Valenciano.
Iván René Valenciano, born on March 18, 1972, is a former Colombian footballer who played in the forward position, where he stood out and He became one of the top scorers in the history of Colombian professional footballeven playing for European teams such as Atalanta of Italy; however, he is best remembered for his time at Junior de Barranquilla, the team from his hometown.
With the Colombian national team, Valenciano played in the most important international football competitions such as the Copa América and the South American qualifiers for the World Cup. The former player, with his relevant goals, contributed to several achievements of the Tricolor, but he never managed to consolidate a starting position in the team.
After retiring from the Alianza Petrolera team, Valenciano began to venture into the media as a sports commentator, where he took advantage of his experience and knowledge of the king of sports to provide analysis and show his perspective on Colombian professional soccer matches.
