Four teenagers were traveling in a taxi, and were going to kill a person, they were arrested by members of the Republican Guard who were patrolling the Misiones neighborhood of the city of Rivera, reported the Ministry of the Interior.
The occupants traveling in that taxi on June 30 were four minors: two Uruguayans aged 14 and 17, a 16-year-old Brazilian and a 14-year-old Venezuelan. in the passenger seat there was a 38 caliber revolver with 5 ammunition and in the belongings of one of the detainees they found two marijuana wraps.
The Directorate of Investigations of the Headquarters managed to establish that the four young men had the mission to kill a person. integrate a Brazilian faction trying to settle in Uruguay.
The 3rd Turn Prosecutor was notified and determined the conduct of the minors before the 7th Turn Judge of the 1st Instance.
There it was arranged that he enter the 17-year-old Uruguayan at the National Institute for Adolescent Social Inclusion (Inisa) until his sentence is handed down for the alleged commission of a crime of negotiation of prohibited narcotic substances and one of conspiracy to commit a crime. In addition, a crime of unauthorized possession of a firearm and ammunition as the author; as well as one for the crime of carrying and possessing firearms in public places, as co-author.
On the other hand, he was sentenced to 16 year old Brazilian teenager as the perpetrator of a crime association to commit crimes, assistance to agents of criminal activity as perpetrator and a crime of carrying and possession of firearms in public places as a co-author. In addition, it was imposed socio-educational measure twelve months in prisonwhich will serve six months of deprivation of liberty and six months of probation.
Finally, the two 14-year-olds, one Uruguayan and the other Venezuelan, were sentenced as adolescent offenders as perpetrators criminally responsible for a crime of unauthorized possession of firearms and ammunition as perpetrator; a crime of carrying and possession of firearms in public places as co-author. They were imposed a socio-educational measure eight months in prison, which is replaced by probation.
