At a run, with belongings on their shoulders and escorted by the Police, this is how a family from the Enciso neighborhood of Medellin last Tuesday, February 8.
This, due to the fear of some retaliation on the part of a criminal armed group from the area, since one of the members of the family, apparently, refused to be part of said organization.
This was reported by the Attorney General’s Office, whose investigation carried out by a specialized prosecutor from the Medellín Section revealed that in the early hours of January 12, several members of the criminal group illegally held a member of this family for two hours and apparently, they required him to work with them.
Given his refusal, the alleged criminals would have threatened to attack him and his family.
“On February 2, the same men would have approached the victim’s father and demanded 5 million pesos as a fine because his son refused to collaborate with the organization. That day, he gave them part of the money. Faced with this situation and death threats, the family had to leave the neighborhood”, expressed Natalia Rendón, Sectional Director of Medellín.
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The family that was displaced had arrived in the neighborhood located in the east of the capital of Antioquia at the beginning of this year and they would have demanded $60,000 fortnightly to allow them to park their private car on public roads in the area.
Similarly, five men accused of belonging to said criminal organization were caught in flagrante delicto on February 4 when they were preparing to receive a package that pretended to contain the rest of the required amount.
The accusing entity obtained an insurance measure in a prison against these people, who were charged with the crimes of aggravated simple kidnapping, consummated aggravated extortion, attempted aggravated extortion, constraining to commit a crime and forced displacement.
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The processed they did not acquiesce to the charges. They are: Julián David Torres Henao, alias Pingüino; Michel Villada Alzate, alias Baby; Brayan Alexis Álzate Bedoya, alias Brayan; Keiner Matiz Vásquez, alias Keiner, and Andrés Felipe Tilano Borja.
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