The Colombian brothers Andrés Felipe and Ramón Emilio Pérez Hoyos accepted their participation in the planning, financing and logistics of the murder of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, for which a judge sentenced them to prison due to the risk of flight from the country, the Prosecutor’s Office reported on Monday.
Source: EFE
The agency charged them with crimes of aggravated homicide and aggravated manufacturing, trafficking, carrying or possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition, charges that the defendants accepted.
In addition, the entity assured that theThe men would be part of a transnational criminal organization that would have its bases in Paraguay, Therefore, it is necessary to deprive them of their freedom to avoid possible departure from the country.
According to the investigation of the Prosecutor’s Office, the two men withdrew a large sum of money that they would have used to pay the hitmen who shot the prosecutor on May 10, 2022 on a beach on Isla Barú, in Cartagena de Indias.
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Furthermore, heThe investigation determined that the Pérez Hoyos brothers allegedly had several meetings, to those who came with a gray van that was seized, with others involved in the homicide to provide them with inputs and finalize details.
Ramón and Andrés Pérez Hoyos pleaded guilty to the crime of Marcelo Pecci. Photo: The Opinion.
The brothers were captured on Sunday in Bogotá and Rionegro, in the department of Antioquia, accused of being the ones who hired the material authors of the murder.
During the raids for the capture of these two people Documents, clothing, ten cell phones, four USB flash drives, a revolver (traumatic), a hard drive, a tablet, a sound recorder, a laptop, and a van were seized.
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According to the Prosecutor’s Office, with these two captures, sIt is seven people who have been prosecuted for this criminal action. Four of them accepted their responsibilities and were sentenced, while Correa Galeano pleaded not guilty and for that reason he is still on trial.
