After an operation carried out by the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office in an invasion zone in the town of Usme, Bogotá, three paisa musicians who had been kidnapped were rescued.
The operation took place 36 hours following the victims were detained, following having been contacted in Medellín to perform a musical presentation in the capital.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office report, when the artists arrived in the capital They were approached by several strangers, who transferred them to the house where they remained in captivity.
“In an articulated work with the National Police, the National Army, the Development Group
Central Level Technician and the Gaula CTI Group of Bogotá it was possible to establish the location of the
mobile equipment with which the extortion calls were made”reads the statement, released on December 24 by the accusing entity.
Although a 38-caliber revolver-type weapon and several cartridges were seized at the scene, the authorities They did not report whether there were any arrests for the incident. Neither, for security reasons, did they reveal the identity of the hostages.
The servers established that the musicians They were held by a substructure of the organized criminal group Los Caparros.