The prosecution did not consider the evidence sufficient for a criminal investigation.
News Bogota.
Two weeks ago, an incident at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá sparked controversy and rejection. Two businessmen from Valle del Cauca, Milton Vaquero Peña and his brother Oscar Vaquero Peña, apparently intoxicated, attacked a police officer on a plane that was about to take off.
Despite the prosecution of the attackers for the crime of violence against a public servant, a judge ordered their release 20 hours later.
The decision was based on the classification of the crime as intentional personal injury, allowing the release of the individuals.
Criminal lawyer Camilo Burbano criticized the decision, pointing out that “there is an error in the classification, as seen in the video. The crime that would be established would not be personal injury, but violence against a public servant, which says that when a person uses violence against a public servant, who is performing his or her duties, he or she would incur a sentence of four to eight years in prison.”
Videos of the incident and the opinion of the Prosecutor’s Office
The incident, which was recorded on video, shows the two individuals assaulting the uniformed officer after a call from the crew about disruptive passengers.
However, the prosecution did not consider the evidence sufficient for a criminal investigation.
“Due to the lack of any trace of harm to the complainant’s humanity as a result of that, perhaps derived from the gentleness with which it was inflicted, it is not considered that at this preliminary stage said conduct conforms to any typical behavior provided for in the Code of Penalties,” cited prosecutor Alberto Efraín Ortiz.
Despite the fact that Patrolman Carlos Quiñones was promptly referred to the clinical authorities, no evidence of any damage to his integrity was found, duly supported by the legal medical opinion.
For the moment, the assaulted police officer has been notified that the case has been dropped.
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