A judge of the Circuit with function of Transitory Knowledge, decided revoke the benefit of house arrest that had been granted to five members of the so-called ‘First Line’ of Bogotá and sent them to jail.
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These five young people are being charged with the crimes of: conspiracy to commit a crime, simple theft, terrorism, threats, personal injury, torture, damage to another’s property, simple kidnapping and disturbance in public transport. For the events recorded in the midst of the national strike demonstrations.
According to the judge, the benefit of house arrest was revoked on the grounds that These five people can represent a danger to society and also when considering that with their actions the defendants did incur in the affectation of the collective interests when they hijacked a public transport vehicle and detained other people who had nothing to do with the demonstration for more than 40 minutes.
The defendants who will now have to go to prison after this judge’s decision were identified as: Jonathan Stiven Cortes Aldana, Andrés Felipe Rodríguez Chaves, Karina Yurley Cepeda Andrade, Maura Valentina Díaz Flórez and Julián Andrés Moreno Otero.
The director of the General Police, Jorge Luis Vargas, pointed out in the last few hours that there is intelligence information on the claims of groups that are making calls to commit crimes and incite violence on election day. This alert is in force for cities such as Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Popayán and Pereira, among others.
The National Police revealed that this information has been shared with other intelligence agencies and that institutional capacities have been deployed to deal with any threat that may arise.
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In this sense, General Vargas said that he has given instructions to the commanders of the Department and metropolitan police, as well as to the Director of the DIJIN so that this week progress is made in the capture of persons required in judicial proceedings, including members of the Front Lines.
