Before the facilities of the Immediate Reaction Unit (URI), in Sincelejo, the patrolman Jesús Bolaños Castro, one of those identified as allegedly involved in the murder of three young people perpetrated on July 25 in the village of Chochó, Sucre, surrendered. . Bolaños confessed that he was driving the truck in which the boys were allegedly murdered.
According to statements made known by WEEKthe uniformed man arrived at the intersection of the eastern trunk road (via Chochó-Sincelejo) together with Second Lieutenant María Camila Buritaca. The three young men were detained at the scene.
“They hit the truck and I wanted to get out, but I didn’t get out. My lieutenant Camila lowers the glass and a uniformed officer who was with his face covered is heard, my lieutenant Camila leans out, and they shout: ‘Colonel, to the nearest clinic these men are bleeding to death,’ said the Police.
According to his testimony, Bolaños did not get out of the truck, but instead squared the vehicle, the people got in and he immediately went to the María Reina clinic, in the center of Sincelejo. “He did not know how many people were behind,” he assured.
“As a driver I know all of Sincelejo. Getting into the progress (a neighboring sector) I came out straight, but that was full of people. That was when they told me not to get in there because there was a lot of traffic (…). So that’s when I heard they told me to take the long way. When I start, I turn on the sirens. In fact, behind me was another truck (…). When we were going through a section of the road to Las Palmas, we heard banging downstairs (simulates the noise of some detonations). In my ignorance, I thought they were stones. Later I hear as when one bursts a bag of water”.
Bolaños explained each of the ways he traveled to get to the hospital. He stated that he never stopped the truck, but rather slowed down when they were passing through a pig sty, implying that the area is narrow and a garbage truck was coming.
“When we were arriving for the cows, my colonel says: central apparently a 901. I stayed still because I didn’t know how many people were coming behind. the other truck that came with us had already caught up with us a while ago. When I get to the clinic (…) I get out because I heard that the fifth door was being closed badly. When I got out, he turned pale, I started to walk and several officials asked me what was going on, and I said I didn’t know. He did not know what had happened in the platoon. Later, in regarding a minute, I closed the plate that was full of blood.”
Looking at the scene, The uniformed officer reported that he decided to ask his colleagues regarding what happened.
“They were nervous and told me: no, no, nothing happened. Well, I turned the truck around and they began to ask regarding everything that had happened. But I didn’t know.”
The patrolman clarified that “at first glance there were no bullet impacts. He indicated that the next day, around 4:00 pm, he put the truck at the disposal of the prosecution without washing it and then they returned it to him just as he delivered it. Later, according to what he said, when he consulted with some colleagues, he found out that there had been shots in the platoon and he noticed the impacts.
Carlos Ibáñez, Jesús David Díaz and José Carlos Arévalo were identified by the Police as being members of the Clan del Golfo and of having murdered patrolman Diego Felipe Ruiz Rincón, 25, in the municipality of Sampués.
The statements, which were replicated by the then departmental police commander, Colonel Carlos Andrés Correa, were rejected by the families of the victims and by the community. The population showed its indignation and demonstrations were organized to demand justice.
On Thursday, August 4, the General Directorate of the National Police ordered the immediate relief of Colonel Carlos Andrés Correa Rodríguez, until then commander of the Sucre branch.
