The authorities captured in a rural area of IbagueTolima, to a young man who -in the company of his friends- he kidnapped himself in order to extort a large sum of money from a citizen of Italian nationality with whom one of them had a romantic relationship through social networks.
The young man involved is Eber Arley Moyano Cardona, who pretended that he had been deprived of liberty and sent his partner in Italy videos in which he simulated physical and verbal abuse similar to that suffered by a person who falls into the hands of kidnappers.
in the videos, the false kidnappers demanded 120 million pesos from the Italian in exchange for the release of his partner, that he was even chained, beaten and gagged to attract the attention of the European.
What the false kidnappers did not count on was that the foreigner communicated with the Police in the department of Tolima to report the alleged kidnapping and request the release of the young man whom he met through social networks and with whom he established a long-distance romantic relationship.
After a quick operation, the Gaula of the Tolima Police located the young people in a farm they rented in the rural area of Ibagué where they were captured.
A foreign man informed the authorities of the kidnapping of who would be his sentimental partner
“A foreign man informed the authorities of the kidnapping of who would be his sentimental partner,” said Gaula.
In the middle of the captures, the Gaula detected that it was a false kidnapping and it was even established that everything had been planned and set up by the young Eber Arley Moyano Cardona, who was looking for economic dividends.
El Gaula added that the alleged victim of the kidnapping “would have planned his self-kidnapping with the complicity of at least 4 other young people,” who were sheltered with an insurance measure imposed by an Ibagué Court.
Also, it was known that last year the young Moyano Cardona apparently pretended to be the victim of a robbery with which the Italian citizen would have transferred about 26 million pesos to his bank account.
Due to these facts, a prosecutor delegated to the Gaula charged the crime of attempted kidnapping to Eber Arley Moyano Cardona, Edier Antonio Peláez Ortiz, Faber Alberto Ríos Giraldo, Juan Felipe Soto Ospina and Daniel Felipe Ocampo Olaya, who were imposed a measure insurance in prison.
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