Colombia: Prosecutors indict alleged mastermind behind murder of Paraguayan prosecutor

Colombian prosecutor’s office formally charged this Friday Francisco Luis Correa Galeano on assassination of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pecciwhat happened on the island of Baru, not far from Cartagena de Indias, last May 10th.

Family proxy Peccilawyer Francisco BernateEfe said that Belt, who was the only one of the five detainees who pleaded not guilty at a previous hearing, now must stand trial as allegedly “responsible for crimes of aggravated murder and the manufacture, sale, possession or possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition under aggravating circumstances.” “.

“The next hearing in the case will take place on September 19,” explained Bernate, who was granted authority by the Pecci family, including his brother Francisco, who attended today’s hearing virtually, to represent them as victims in the case.

PitchI, one of the most important anti-mafia prosecutors in Paraguay, was killed by assassins who traveled on a jet ski while on the beach of a hotel on the island of Baru, near Cartagena, celebrating their honeymoon.

prosecutor’s office, who believes that Belt responsible for coordinating the murder of the anti-mafia prosecutor, said that there were more than 50 witnesses who gave decisive leads about the involvement of the accused in the crime.

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In this direction, the accuser “requested for the accused an exemplary sentence, the same one that, according to the Colombian Criminal Code, can amount to 40 to 50 years in prison,” the report says. prosecution this is a statement.

prosecution reconstructed with the help of an interdisciplinary team from Territorial Security Representative (summer time) and Technical Research Corps (ITC) and Police officerhow would he do Belt assassinate the prosecutor of Paraguay.

According to this investigation, it was established that the defendant allegedly met with five people in order, apparently, to coordinate the movement of the killers to Cartagena.

In addition, it has been proven that Belt, a few hours before the crime, he had 39 telephone conversations with two people responsible for supervising the prosecutor. Pecchi.

“One of the conversations showed that a few minutes before the murder, the defendant coordinated the departure of the jet ski with the killers who killed the victim’s life,” police said. prosecution.

Furthermore, it was established that the defendant was in a beauty parlour, at the time of the murder, and that after the commission of the act, he flew to Monteria, capital of the department of Córdoba (North).

“Because of these facts prosecution thought that participation Galeano Belt in the assassination of the prosecutor Marcelo Pucci This was essential, because in addition to the above, he would deliver money, weapons and coordinate logistics to carry out the assassination.

other convicts

Authorities were detained during operations carried out in the Colombian city of Medellin in June last year. Galeano Belt and four more people for murder, and the last (Vendreth Carrillo, Everson Zabaleta, Marisol Londogno and Christian Camilo Monsalve Londogno) accepted the charges.

After reaching an agreement, the court Colombia Last June, he sentenced them to more than 23 years in prison, a term that had originally been 47 years but was cut in half after the defendants pleaded guilty to charges of murder and illegal possession of weapons.

In that case, Galeano Belt He pleaded not guilty and is therefore still under investigation.

(EFE)