Arturo Creus, who witnessed the accident in which the businessman Enrique Vives Caballero ran over seven people and left six of them dead, assures that his life is in chaos since he decided to serve as a witness before the authorities.
He regrets that Governor Carlos Caicedo has not complied with the reward he promised him to deliver his testimony that would clarify what happened the morning of the sinister road in the Gaira sector.
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According to Creus, at first he did not want to talk about what happened, because of the risk that it could mean referring to a case that had taken on a national connotation and that involved a member of a powerful family in the region.
However, due to a call he received directly from Governor Carlos Caicedo, he decided to change his mind and collaborate with his statement.
“On September 15, the governor called me and summoned me to a meeting in his office. I didn’t even know that there was a reward, but there they offered me $25 million and support… that’s why I dared to speak,” Creus said.
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The witness stated that with the accompaniment of the departmental administration he went to the Prosecutor’s Office and delivered his statement.
“Now they tell me that I went alone and voluntarily to talk about what happened,” he said.
judicial instances to receive the money
They wanted to put me in an apartment and take me food there, but not to go out on the street at all. I felt like a prisoner, so I didn’t accept
Arturo Creus says that since he served as a witness he has been ignored by the government of Magdalena.
“They wanted to put me in an apartment and take me food there, but not to go out on the street at all. I felt like a prisoner, so I did not accept, “said the witness.
The only request that Creus has kept since then is that they fulfill the reward they promised him to leave the city.
“I am scared. I live in fear of going out because I think they will hurt me; that they are going to kill me The only thing I want is to go to another place, but I need the money they promised me”, Creus pointed out.
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Despite the fact that Antonio Creus has even attended the judicial instances to receive the money he was promised, so far his request has been denied.
The reward claimed by Arturo Creus, as a witness to the accident involving businessman Enrique Vives Caballero, would be about to fall and could end up empty-handed.
The foregoing after the Fifth Civil Court of Santa Marta denied the tutela action filed by Creus through which he intended to be paid the sum of $25 million.
The ruling of the court determined: “Declare the lack of object due to fact overcome within the tutela action promoted by Mr. Arturo Creus Maestre, acting on his own behalf, against the Government of Magdalena, taking into account the preceding considerations.”
What the government says
The head of the legal office of the Government, José Humberto Torres, said that there is currently no direct agreement with Arturo Creus.
“The Prosecutor’s Office heard his version and it must be assessed at a trial stage,” said Torres, who clarified that at no time has the government refused to pay the reward, but it must be distributed among the people who have collaborated to clarify the facts. .
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“The Government maintains the payment but it depends on the evaluation and assessment made by the Prosecutor’s Office,” reported Torres.
He also pointed out that Creus was proposed to enter a witness protection program; however, he refused, insisting that he was only interested in receiving the money.
The case would now be transferred to the Constitutional Court for eventual review and definition of whether or not the payment required by the petitioner should be made.
By Roger Urieles
For THE WEATHER Santa Marta
@rogeruv
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