The 42nd Criminal Circuit Judge with a Knowledge Function of Bogotá announced that Julián Ortegón and Paul Naranjo, They will be condemned for the death of the young university student Ana María Castro.
The defendants were found guilty of the crime of aggravated femicide and they could be sentenced to 40 years in prison.
On the afternoon of this Thursday the judicial official uttered a sense of conviction when noting that The Prosecutor’s Office managed to demonstrate the responsibility of the defendants in the events surrounding the death of the young university student in the early morning of March 5, 2020 in the north of Bogotá.
It should be remembered that the victim was found in Calle 80 # 69k east-west direction, the place where she was found after being thrown from the truck that was driven by Paul Naranjo and Julián Ortegón as co-pilot.
“The firm has proceeded to analyze each and every one of the evidence practiced in court, in accordance with the accusation and other material evidential elements duly incorporated as well as, the allegations and interventions of parties and intervening parties to, based on this, issue the decision that is announced from now on, it will have to indicate the office is of conviction “, said the judge.
It also argued that the testimonies collected by the Attorney General’s Office, as well as the testimonies of forensic experts, corroborate that The young woman fell from the vehicle that continued traveling at that time of the morning on Calle 80 in the north of Bogotá.
In the closing arguments, the Attorney General’s Office asked that the young people be found guilty of the events surrounding the death of Ana María Castro.
According to the representative of the Prosecutor’s Office to the judge in the case, the probative material that was collected managed to show that Paul Naranjo and Julián Ortegón, They committed the crime that ended the life of the victim.
“Paul Naranjo and Julián Ortegón committed the punishment of aggravated femicide committed against humanity by Ana María Castro, Statement made based on the evidence, the sensitive evidence material, the information legally obtained and debated in this public hearing and it is based on the aforementioned body of evidence that has been conclusively demonstrated and beyond all reasonable doubt. , that Messrs. Paul Naranjo and Julián Ortegón were the persons who acted directly in the commission of the crime of Aggravated femicide against the young Ana María Castro, crime executed on March 5, 2020, “he said.
The Prosecutor also pointed out that there are several pieces of evidence that were recorded in videos of the security cameras de the places where he was the victim talking with the defendants besides other people.
He also said that Paul Naranjo exerted pressure against Ana María Castro and that even in life she described him as a ‘intense suitor’, He also said that they are evidenced acts of gender violence in which he also incurred in his past, Julián Ortegón, another of those investigated.
Also remembered the testimonies of two ex-girlfriends of Ortegón who testified before the Attorney General’s Office and alerted on physical and psychological aggressions of which they were apparently victims.
It’s about the young María Camila Fajardo Ríos and María Camila Bonilla, who were victims, according to the Prosecutor, of gender violence.
He also highlighted that the victim (Ana María Castro), was in a defenseless state since she had consumed intoxicating drinks. She also narrated that despite the terrible conditions they forced her to get into the Kia truck that was driven by Paúl Naranjo.
“Her friend Paula seeks to prevent her from getting into the vehicle but Paul, Mateo and Julián force her to get into the vehicle ”, he highlighted.
He also added that The young woman was in a state of inferiority and had, according to forensic experts, a second degree of weakness.
“Ana María Castro was in a clear state of defenselessness and the defendants were aware of their condition, “he said.
He also held that the only ones responsible for this crime are those investigated and indicated that “The woman was intoxicated in a trapped vehicle and was thus thrown from it.”
In turn, the prosecutor told the judge that Mateo Reyes Gómez witnessed the moment he fell from the truck and upset he asked for help.
“The witness said that he was taken out of the truck, possibly for kissing Ana María Castro. He said that she stayed still, immobile after he started the vehicle, ”he said.
Affected by what had just happened, he said he sought help and told several people that the young woman was thrown from the truck.
“All witnesses support the version that Mateo Reyes was desperate asking other cars for help after the death of Ana María Castro “, he claimed.
Meanwhile, it was evidenced that there are no traces of a run over Well, no biological material was found, traces of traces on the body of the victim or on the floor, and on the contrary, nothing of that was left.
“There are no bumps, no fractures or traces of avoidability that can be related to a run over ”, it was pointed out in the trial.
