The indigenous Natikai Cheche and Carlos Andrés Murillo were released. who are being investigated for attacking a group of police officers during a protest that took place last Wednesday in downtown Bogotá.
The prosecution declined to request the security measure against the two men considering that there is no kind of basis to prove a probable risk of not appearing at the next hearings to which they will be summoned, nor do they consider that they could affect the judicial process that is being carried out against them.
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The investigating body considered that the accused they can assume their defense during this judicial process while being free, and that your site location can be established through indigenous organizations to which they belong and the confirmation of the La Rioja hostel, where they have lived for more than a year.
Said request of the representative of the accusing entitywas supported by the attorney delegated for this case and by the guarantee control judge who conducted the hearing for the security measure.
Nevertheless, the judge warned the two indigenous people of the Emberá community that if they disregard the process ahead of them, there is a high probability that they will be convicted.
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The hearing had several setbacks in the course development, because there was no interpreter for their language, a situation that was resolved eight hours later.
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The judge also called the attention of the police officer who filed the complaint against these people, by stating that did not attend the hearings either virtually or in person of imputation of charges, nor of an insurance measure.
