Through the Second Section of Crimes against Patrimony of the Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office, which deals with crimes of theft and which includes the Unit for Crimes Against Collective Security, it was learned that from January to date the conviction of 285 people.
In the crimes of simple robbery and aggravated robbery, 158 people have been convicted, detailing it as follows: 19 people were convicted in January, February 13, March 20, April 13, May 20, June 23, July 28 and August 22; in sentences ranging between 5 and 21 years in prison.
While in the crime of illegal possession of a firearm, 127 people have been convicted. In the month of January, 15 people were sentenced, February 22, March 22, April 12, May 20, June 13, July 12 and August 11, with sentences of 4 to 9 years in prison.
The Superior Prosecutor, Uris Vargas, in charge of this section, made a call to those who operate outside the Law, that crime does not pay, and that in the Public Ministry we are committed to fighting crime and bringing to justice all people who fail to comply with the Law and who are a threat to society, this with the collaboration of our auxiliary arms, the State security forces.
