The Second Special Court of First Instance in Control Functions with Competence in Cases Related to Crimes Associated with Terrorism with Jurisdiction at the National Level issued a measure of deprivation of liberty, in accordance with the provisions of the Organic Code of Criminal Procedure, for a group of 22 people, men and women, captured by members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces for presumably being part of the structured groups of organized crime (GEDO) that have been operating in the jurisdiction of Apure state, and who would be part of the groups of armed Colombian drug-trafficking terrorists, known as TANCOL.
In the court ruling, the deprivation of liberty was determined for the alleged commission of the crimes of terrorism and criminal association, typified respectively in articles 52 and 37 of the Law Against Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism, for citizens Antonio José Rodríguez Arias, Iris Del Carmen Rattia Ramos (commissioner of the Bolivarian National Police and who had been serving as director of the Municipal Police of Guasdualito), Erminio Roa Mora, Gabriel Antonio Hernández Rodríguez, Carlos Leonida Bustamante Martínez, Anderson José Monasterios Chacón, Daimar Nazareth González López, Víctor Antonio Cuervo Mejías, Yuraibe Yarubay Acosta Esqueda, Karina Yatziyelis Gutiérrez Tovar, Luis Enrique Blanco Gutiérrez, Yanitza Ricarda Gómez, Rodolfo Rafael Rodríguez Álvarez, Jeiber Eleú Méndez Batta, Jhon Charlys Castillo, Jorge José Ramírez Castillo, Carlos Enrique Nieves Salazar, Ricardo Alfredo Nieves Salazar, Daniel Jesus Marcano Somrah, Jonathan Emigdio Lozada Zambrano, Yeferson Sneider Clofort Calderón and Carlos José Aragoza López.
In the verdict was also accepted the classification of the crimes of illicit arms trafficking, sanctioned in article 38 of the Law Against Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism, for the aforementioned Acosta Esqueda, González López, Ramírez Castillo, Castillo, Méndez Botta, Clofort Calderón, Marcano Somrah and Lozada Zambrano; of illicit possession of a firearm, provided for in article 112 of the Law for the Disarmament and Control of Arms and Ammunition, for Nieves Salazar and Castillo; and aggravated smuggling, contemplated in article 20, numeral 4, of the Law on the Crime of Smuggling, for Cueva Mejías and Acosta Esqueda.
In another hearing, the same court ordered the deprivation of liberty for another group of citizens related to the same events. For the alleged commission of the crimes of terrorism and conspiracy to commit crimes, the custodial order was determined for Carlos Rafael Gallardo Rondón, Dayci Alexandra Camacho Uribe, Iraima Andreina Acosta Moncada, José Esequiel Acosta Porras, Wilmer Alberto García Moncada, José Luis Rodríguez Barrera, Douglas Alejandro Castillo Chávez, Jhon Edison Rodríguez Dura, Brandon Johan Gutiérrez Rojas, Alver Ali Tovar Tinedo, Keinly Liliana Páramo Cáceres, Jhoneider Piñeres Alarcón and José Jehovah Alvarado Carrasquel.
Additionally, the court accepted the classification of the crime of illicit arms trafficking for Castillo Durán, Gutiérrez Brando, Piñeres Alarcón, Páramo Cáceres and Tovar Tinedo; while Gallardo Rondón and Acosta Porras were also charged with the crime of illicit possession of a firearm.
In both cases, the Second Special Court of First Instance in Control Functions with Competence in Cases Related to Crimes Associated with Terrorism with Jurisdiction at the National Level agreed to the ordinary procedure provided for in Venezuelan criminal law.
