It took an hour and five minutes to read the meaning of a Bogota judge’s decision. prisoner Aida Victoria Merlano Manzanero and dentist Javier Guillermo Cely Baraja of the desertion of former congressman Aida Merlano Rebolledo.
The official will announce the amount of the fine he will pay next week. Aida Merlano Manzanero will decide whether to give him the house for jail and if he orders his immediate arrest.
He detailed the evidence that led the prosecution to conclude that Merlano Manzanero had committed the crimes charged by the accusing party.
At first, the official declared the videos corresponding to the dental office where the former congressman was being treated as invalid as evidence for violating the privacy of those present on the site.
He stressed that he was not only tasked to distract the guards, but also that a red string was brought to the area, which became the escape route of the former representative on camera.
For the judge, your participation the convicted woman was decisive in her mother’s escape, for this, he used his underage brother to commit the crime.
According to Togado, the red string Merlano used in his escape was taken to the dentist in his backpack. He carries his young son on his back.
He noted that it was clear to the Bureau that the string was entered from Merlano’s son’s bag, not from some bags of food arriving on the field upon request.
And he said that the gloves Merlano wore to escape were also in his backpack.
In his decision, the judge referred to the statements of Inpec dragoneantes, who was there that day, and the officials from the dental clinic, noting that the young man and his sister were very “interested” towards their mother and that she was constantly leaving. They went out to talk to the dragons and office assistants, as if to distract them.
He also said that the former congressman took a moment to “get what he wanted from them” in the office with his children, ie rope.
Likewise, he pointed out that Aida Merlano was wanted on her way out of prison, according to the testimony of a dragon, and that nothing was found on her, even though the former congresswoman testifying in this case stated that she had the lead. tied to his body under a belt.
“He made it clear that he had taken over his torso, bra, neck, belt and did not wear a belt, even explaining that inmates were not allowed to wear belts,” the judge said. dragonman
And he continued: “So if the rope and gloves never made it out of the detention center, they were never given to Ms. Aida Merlano Rebolledo by any other than two children,” he said. said the judge.
Therefore, he said, the conclusion is clear: “The rope and gloves were carried by the young man inside the purse referred to. This being the case, the criminal responsibility of Aida Victoria Merlano Manzanera for the commission of these two crimes is obvious for the bureau.
The coroner also cited testimony from the former congressman, who said that her escape was planned by a crime syndicate on the beach and that the interference of a criminal network did not lessen Aida Victoria’s responsibility.
“The fact that she made a deal with her brother, that she used her underage brother, that she knew he was a minor, the result is obvious only to the one who made the statement,” the judge said.
He later said that Aida Victoria would be sentenced to escape from prison and use minors to commit felony crimes, because “precisely, with her brother’s participation, they gave her mother the rope and gloves without them as an element. For this she had to descend to a considerable height.” Considering that, he couldn’t escape”.
Prosecution warns that one of the crimes for which Aida Victoria was convicted is about to prescribe and if he did, justice would have lost the opportunity to punish him for this charge.
Initially, the judge had set the October 19 reading of the full sentence against Merlano Manzanero, but the prosecutor in the case warned that the charge of prisoner escape “will be determined by then and this must be taken into account”. “
After a recess and to avoid the statute of limitations, the judge advanced the reading of the sentence. Merlano’s lawyer requested that the hearing be rescheduled, arguing that another final argument trial was scheduled for that day in a court in Viterbo (Caldas).
The judge refused and invited him to send his substitute attorney. The lawyer persisted, and the judge stated: “A case lawyer’s claim cannot really be above public order, I support myself at that time.”
Later, the robed man asked if he could do this on 14 September and insisted that he had no choice but to one of those days, but finally the hearing was set for 13 September.
At the hearing, the Prosecutor’s Office asked the judge to determine the amount of imprisonment between 13 and 17 years.
Likewise, he pointed out that the sentence was high and therefore he fulfilled the conditions for the suspension of the sentence or the denial of benefits, such as house arrest, for which an arrest warrant should be issued.
The representative of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office said that the convict has no criminal record, but that the case has created a great social alarm and that the wrong message cannot be given to the society.
Merlano Manzanera’s lawyer insisted that he had no criminal record and had roots, asking that the sentence not begin with the highest sentence.
Defendant Dalila Henao can range from a minimum of 120 months a day (10 years a day) to a maximum of 240 months a day (20 years a day), depending on the amount of the sentence. This does not meet the objective requirement of house arrest, so the prison sentence does not exceed four years,” he added.
In any case, the sentence will be reviewed by the Bogota High Court in the second instance, as Merlano Manzanero’s defense has announced that he will appeal the first instance decision.
Criminal lawyer and member of the Colombian Association of Criminal Lawyers, Iván Cancino, said, “Aida Merlano’s conviction is easily dropped in the latter case if her conviction is given only because she knew about the escape plan. She has nowhere to stand. Now, if they could prove it. It’s something else she’s joined and helped, but “As far as I’ve observed, they blame him just because he knows, and that’s not punishable,” he said.
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