Firmly continues the criminal process once morest the president of the Council of Cartagena, Gloria Estrada; his sentimental partner Martín Barreto and once morest Avelino Villamizar.
These three people are being processed following being captured last Friday when police arrested them and found a kilo of cocaine hydrochloride in the truck. The next day they were presented before a judge of Guarantees, who legalized their captures.
The hearing was suspended that day at the request of the lawyers and resumed this Tuesday, January 18. The diligence began with the imputation of charges, before the Municipal Criminal Judge 18 with functions of Guarantees. Read: “They are not paying us to support Gloria Estrada”
After reviewing the conditions in which the drug was found in the vehicle in which the three defendants were traveling, the prosecutor handling the case asked the judge to charge them with the crime of possession or drug trafficking.
Additionally, he requested that Martín Barreto also be charged with the crime of illegal possession or trafficking of firearms or ammunition, taking into account that when he was arrested he was carrying a 9-millimeter Jericho brand pistol, with a safe-conduct that is not valid. .
In addition to drug possession or trafficking, Martín Barreto was also charged with the crime of illegal possession or trafficking of firearms.
When the judge in the case asked Councilor Estrada if she accepted the charges filed by the Prosecutor’s Office, she replied: “I do not accept the charges, I am innocent.” Avelino Villamizar and Martín Barreto did not accept the charges either.
Now the phase of imposing the measure is carried out, which is supported by the Prosecutor’s Office, which requested prison for the three defendants. We will have to wait for what the judge decides before the arguments presented by the representative of the accusing entity and those of the lawyers of the defendants.
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