The National Police has found the apprehension of 17 people who appear on the list of the most wanted by the judicial authorities, so far in 2023, including murderers, rapists and gang members.
Captain Daniel Cárdenas of the Judicial Investigation Directorate indicated that some 13 of the total have been captured during search proceedings thanks to the information obtained from the public upon seeing these published faces.
Three others have been apprehended after several search actions were carried out on them, leaving them with the only option of turning themselves in to the authorities of the Public Ministry together with their lawyers.
Likewise, the officer highlighted the international collaboration and coordination that the National Police maintains with the international authorities in the search for these transgressors of the Law. Thanks to this, it was also possible to find the capture in Madrid, Spain of alias “Yunya”.
Of the most wanted apprehended this year, thirteen are for crimes against Life and Personal Integrity in the modalities of Homicide and Attempted Homicide, two for crimes against Collective Security in the Gang modality and two for crimes Against Liberty and Integrity Sexual in the form of Rape.
The collaboration provided by the population in information on the possible whereabouts of those who are wanted for high-impact crimes and that represent a danger to citizen security, together with the acts of investigation and intelligence work of police units have allowed this important result.
Cárdenas urged citizens to continue providing support to the public force that seeks to remove these people from circulation and place them under the orders of the Prosecutor’s Office to face the acts committed.
