The disciplinary body also sanctioned three members of Inpec for the same events.
The Attorney General’s Office confirmed the sanction with suspension from office for eleven months to the former director of the Tuluá prison, Arely Julián Fernández Torresdue to the fire that occurred in June 2022 that left 56 prisoners dead.
According to the disciplinary body, three members of the Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Inpec)They were also suspended for the omission of their functions in the same act.
“The first instance decision also covers Javier de Jesús Orozco Gómezwho served as surveillance commander of the aforementioned penitentiary center and the then dragoneants, Luis Felipe Cruz Arredondo and Edilson Alberto Marín Marín, suspended from the exercise of their positions for 9 months,” reads the bulletin.
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The Attorney General’s Office specified that the former director did not guarantee effective measures that prevent the fight that broke out in patio eight, presumably, for the control of micro-trafficking, a situation that led to the fire.
“According to the evidence collected, a sustained fight between some detainees, over the control of micro-trafficking in patio 8, generated a fire that claimed the lives of 56 inmates. For these events, the Attorney General’s Office sanctioned the then director Fernández Torres who, beyond the management that has been carried out for the assignment of more guardian personnel, did not ensure effective measures to ensure discipline within said establishment,” the report continues.
The investigations carried out on testimonies revealed that inside the Tuluá prison disputes were constant between leaders of criminal gangs, Therefore, it would have been necessary to take extreme security measures.
“Meanwhile, the Public Ministry found the then lieutenant of Prisons, Orozco Gómez and dragoneantes, Cruz Arredondo and Marín Marín responsible, by omission, since failed in services of order, security, discipline, custody and surveillance that had to be implemented in the detention facility, a situation that led to the unfortunate events,” the Attorney General’s Office concluded.
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Finally, the disciplinary body classified the offenses as serious with serious fault and therefore, “against this first instance decision the appeal proceeds before the Ordinary Chamber Disciplinary Judgment”.
Source: Integrated Information System
