Francisco Luis Correa Galeano, accused of being the mastermind of the crime by prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, accepted the charges against him and decided to collaborate with the investigation during his preparatory hearing. Lawyer Francisco Bernate, legal representative of the Pecci family in Colombia, explained that he could receive some benefits such as a reduction in his sentence.
This Monday the audience high school of Francisco Luis Correa Galeanowho is considered the alleged logistical coordinator of the murder of the prosecutor Marcelo Peci In colombia. However, It was suspended as a result of the fact that the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office is seeking to close an agreement with the defendant so that he Collaborate with the investigation of the crime and get a reduced sentence.
The Pecci family attorney, Francisco Bernateindicated that the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office seeks to specify the collaboration of the alleged “mastermind” of the crime of Marcelo Pecci, and that his help will be rewarded with a reduction in sentencethrough the principle of opportunity.
He said that in the aforementioned suspended hearing, the Prosecutor’s Office and the defense were going to present the evidence for the trial before the judge.
The lawyer commented that if the agreement is finalized, andThe defendant could become a witness for the Prosecutor’s Office by waiving his right to defend himself and practically plead guiltybut that this situation must be made official before April 27date set by the court.
It is hoped that this research assistance may tie up all loose endsboth in Colombia and in Paraguay, regarding the implications of the crime of the Public Ministry agent during his honeymoon.
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According to the background, Francisco Luis Correa Galeano is accused of Aggravated Homicide and Manufacture, Trafficking, Carrying or Possession of firearmssince he allegedly articulated and planned the murder, from the city of Medellín, including leading meetings to assign roles, delivering money and weapons to the others involved.
The suspect he would have retired from the Army to later form part of the criminal gang ”Los Paisas”‘, who operated for years within the framework of paramilitaries in Colombia. The subject was captured along with four other people in June of last year and was the only one linked to the crime who initially did not accept the charges.
Likewise, the Colombian Public Ministry would have collected sufficient probative evidence on how the perpetrators of the crime followed up on Pecci, who was on his honeymoon with his wife, until they killed him with a firearm.