Prosecutor’s Office sends two men to jail who extorted boatmen and merchants in San Andrés

According to a statement from the Attorney General’s Office, in the last few hours, he appeared before a control judge to Jordán Orlando Pusey Jones and Iván Darío Pineda Royo, indicated to threaten and pressure merchants and boatmen from the islands, who made economic demands through intimidation to let them work in certain areas.

According to the official information provided by the control body, the information and evidence obtained showed that these two men, supposedly, called boatmen and merchants, and In the midst of threats, they made financial demands of up to $ 50,000,000 to allow them to work and carry out their activities normally.

In addition, Through telephone communications, obtained by investigators, they verified the level of intimidation. Apparently, in the warnings that the criminals made, they woke up to fishermen and merchants of the island, with the destruction of their boats, automobiles and they were even told that their homes could be attacked, in addition threats against integrity were found and life of their relatives.

According to the statement, The extortions took place between January and February of this year, and the complaints show that, in the absence of the people they intended to threaten, they allegedly left in businesses or residences manuscripts with the expression ‘Mano de Dios’ and a number cell phone to which they had to communicate, to fix the situation or else they could be victims of the criminal action of these two men.

The investigative work of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Gaula group of the National Police made it possible to learn that those currently prosecuted, supposedly, were instrumentalizing minors for their illegal purposes. According to the cente, in one of the documented cases it was established that they had shot several times at the house of a merchant who refused to give them money.

For such actions and before the evidence collected, A prosecutor from the San Andrés Section charged Jordán Orlando Pusey Jones and Iván Darío Pineda Royo with the crimes of aggravated extortion, use of minors for the commission of crimes and conspiracy to commit aggravated crimes. Said charges were not accepted by the defendants, for which they must comply with an assurance measure in a prison.

These are some of the audios and interceptions of extortion that the Prosecutor’s Office managed to obtain:

Another recent action by the Prosecutor’s Office in the San Andrés archipelago was the indictment of charges against two former officials of the San Andrés Government for receiving millionaire gifts in two contracts.

Said imputation was made on January 30, which involvedhe former Secretary of Health of San Andrés, Heyder Enrique Avendaño Villa and the former head of the Legal Office of the Interior, Ainn Zulema Conolly Quinn, who took advantage of their public positions, in 2016, to favor the contractor in the award of contracts.

Evidence, which was collected by the accusatory entity, revealed irregularities in two contracts that benefited the contractor José Julián Carvajal Mejía, who, through the officials, who maneuvered in his favor, managed to award two telemedicine contracts, for the Island, for more than 2,000 million pesos.

“The evidence collected allowed us to know that these people had participated in the pre-contractual, execution and settlement phases of the contracts, in which an alleged overcharge of 900 million pesos was accredited,” reported the Prosecutor’s Office.

Additionally, there are indications that apparently These two officials received 100 million pesos to favor the contractor in the award.

For these events, a prosecutor from the Health Group of the Specialized Directorate against Corruption He charged the crimes of contract without compliance with legal requirements, embezzlement by appropriation in favor of third parties, bribery for giving or offering, falsification in a private document, and ideological falsification in a public document.

Said charges were not accepted by the defendants.