Military agents arrested Diego Andrés Galíndez Montiel in San Carlos del Zulia, accused of committing multiple extortions, according to files.
Such detention occurs in response to investigation orders MP-226327-2024 and MP-224981-2024, issued by lawyer Jhon José Urdaneta Fuenmayor, sixteenth prosecutor of the Public Ministry of the Judicial District of the state of Zulia.
In the procedure, the officials seized a Chevrolet Avalanche, gold in color, license plate A43BL7V, two telephone equipment and 10,800,000 Colombian pesos, says the report from the National Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Command (Conas) South of Lake Maracaibo to which we had partial access. Galíndez Montiel is listed as a member of the Pote Pólvora criminal group.
Another military procedure in Zulia took place in the Flor de la Guajira I sector, Santa Rita municipality, where they seized a Browning 9 mm pistol, with a magazine.
In that operation, Ronald José Bracho Nava and Yonaikel de Jesús Páez Gómez were detained, who will be prosecuted for illegal possession of a firearm, according to a report from Detachment 113 of the GNB.