August 19, 2024, 11:03 PM
August 19, 2024, 11:03 PM
On Monday, a preliminary investigation judge in La Paz ordered house arrest for the four police officers who were accused of stealing liquid mercury used for mining exploitation valued at 200 thousand dollars.
At the preliminary hearing, the Prosecutor’s Office requested that preventive detention in prison is ordered against the accused, but this did not happen because the judge considered that the two bottles of mercury that the police allegedly seized were illegal.
The prosecutor of the case, Odalis Peñaranda, indicated that the judge did not value the mineral trade registration and not even the NIT of the company that was legally established, which is why it was determined that the uniformed officers remain under house arrest.
The three police officers were identified as Jorge EPM, Edgar CH. R., Elvio AA, Osmar VRJ, who were charged with the alleged crimes of aggravated robbery and breaking and entering.
Peñaranda reported that the event was recorded on August 15, 2024, when the owner of the mercury Fabricio JAB He was contacted by a woman at his home to supposedly make the purchase of liquid mercury that was offered legally and with sales licenses.
In these circumstances the woman called her supposed boss and told the victim that Go pick it up at a local supermarket south of La Paz to make the purchase, but four police officers from the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc) were waiting for them in a vehicle.
The police accused Fabricio JAB of carrying a firearm and in his vehicle, then they took him to his home and stole the vehicle. liquid mineral valued at $us 200,000. The victim was held for four hours before being released.
