The report of the Valley Police says that the detainees allegedly attacked a citizen who tried to evade the blockade between the center and north of the department on a motorcycle.
Ten of those captured went to jail and one to house arrest. They did not accept charges.
Collectives assure that Prosecutor’s Office and Police They are dictating mass arrests, while the deaths in unemployment since April 28 have not been clarified.
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The case was registered on the morning of May 5 when, according to the authorities, Pedro Benito Suarez, 52 years old, he crossed a barricade between the center and north of the department.
The report says that there is a confrontation. Suárez draws a firearm from the waistband of his pants and wounds Jairo Cuartas, who was allegedly trying to stop him.
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Pedro Benito Suárez dies at blockade site in El Valle
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Suárez proposes to run, but is hit and attacked with blunt, sharp objects until he dies at the scene.
Officials of the Criminal Investigation Section (Sijín), In joint work with the Attorney General’s Office, they opened an “express investigation,” says a statement.
He notes that “in eight months, the individualization, identification and location of these people was achieved, apparently related to the obstruction of the roads and the homicide in which an elderly adult who tried to evade the illegal blockade located on the roads that communicates loses his life. the municipalities of Seville, Caicedonia district of Barragán (Valle) and roads that lead to the Department of Quindío “.
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Valle Police say that “through 11 registration procedures and raids carried out in the municipalities of Caicedonia, district of Barragán (Valle) and municipalities of Pijao and Córdoba in the department of (Quindío), the location and capture of 11 people is achieved “.
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Blockade between Seville and Caicedonia
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According to that report, among those arrested would be the alleged leader, 31 years old, in charge of controlling and coordinating the operation of a criminal organization.
The other detainees are between 18 and 46 years old as alleged participants in a homicide and the road closures.
The police report says that those captured present judicial annotations for the crimes of Homicide, Obstruction of public roads that affect public order, disruption in public or official transport service, Theft, culpable injuries, sexual acts with children under 14 years of age and drug trafficking .
In the raids, a shotgun, a traumatic weapon modified for magazine firing and 9 cartridges for it, five cell phones, a fuel tank (flamethrower) and 2 masks were seized.
A court, in a legalization hearing, dictates a detention order in penitentiary and prison centers. The detainees plead innocent.
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They ask to maintain biosecurity due to the increase in cases of covid-19 in the Valley
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