A judge imposed an intramural restraint measure against John Fredy Gallo Bedoya, known as alias ‘Pájaro’former paramilitary chiefaccused of leading and planning the escape of alias ‘Matamba’ from the La Picota prison in Bogotá in March 2022.
aka bird, He was captured in the middle of an operation carried out by the Police and the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office in a village in the municipality of Puerto Boyacá.
It is worth mentioning that the Prosecutor’s Office charged him with conspiracy to commit a crime, prisoner escape and illegal possession of weapons, charges to which Gallo Bedoya pleaded not guilty.
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In the development of the hearing that lasted more than eight hours, the judge reported that The person involved was named in the confessions of the narco-driver Manuel Antonio Castañeda in the case of the escape of the dejected “Matamba”.
In addition, the defense attorney, Viviana Becerra, argued at the hearing to legalize the capture against John Fredy Gallo Bedoya, alias ‘Pájaro, that the process was illegal since her client “has had different judicial processes to which he has resorted from voluntary and honest way.
In the same way, he affirmed that the authorities did not present the capture documents in the corresponding hours, violating the criminal procedure code.
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To the above, The judge assured that the Prosecutor’s Office did present arguments to carry out the arrest, among them “the possible participation of Mr. Bedoya in a criminal organization allied to the Clan del Golfo, called “The Company”, and of which the person involved is indicated as the leader. She was contacted by these people to plan the escape that took place in March last year from La Picota prison by alias Matamba.”
