Foreign National Extradited to the United States for Kidnapping and Assaulting U.S. Army Soldiers in
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Foreign National Extradited to the United States for Kidnapping and Assaulting U.S. Army Soldiers in Colombia
A Colombian national has been extradited from Colombia to the United States to face charges related to kidnapping and assaulting two U.S. Army soldiers who were on temporary duty in Bogota, Colombia.
Jeffersson Arango Castellanos made his initial court appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
According to court documents, Arango and his co-conspirators targeted, incapacitated, and kidnapped two U.S. soldiers in Bogota. The two victims were in an entertainment district in Bogota watching a sporting event on the evening of March 5, 2020. While at a pub in Bogota, the two victims lost consciousness until the following day, by which point they had been separated. Medical examinations later confirmed the presence of benzodiazepines in their systems. The defendants are alleged to have targeted the two victims at the pub, incapacitated them with drugs, and kidnapped them to acquire the victims’ valuables and credit and debit card information.
Arango and his co-conspirators are each charged with kidnapping an internationally protected person, conspiracy to kidnap an internationally protected person, assaulting an internationally protected person, and conspiracy to assault an internationally protected person. If convicted, they each face a maximum penalty of life in prison.
More:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/foreign-national-extradited-united-states-kidnapping-and-assaulting-us-army-soldiers-colombia
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Google translation:
[Video] "I'm throwing away the guys": a gang that drugs victims to rob them, in Bogotá
The Prosecutor's Office discovered the way in which a gang called 'Los tomaseros' committed crimes, whose members are accused of drugging and robbing several people.
NATION
Updated: 2021-01-01 08:38:53
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Video shows how the band 'Los tomaseros' throws victims of millionaire ride in Bogotá
Video capture Twitter @FiscaliaCol
By: Nation Writing
The authorities were tracking one of the criminals who would be part of this network since last March, after two foreign citizens were drugged and robbed in the midst of insecurity in Bogotá .
The Prosecutor's Office explained, through a statement , that thanks to telephone interceptions, the way the gang used to approach and rob their victims, who were supplied with the drug clonazepam, was discovered .
"It was possible to find out how the criminal structure planned to go to a bar in the north of Bogotá to look for victims, on November 14," and in a call that was intercepted, it is evident when a man reports his alleged accomplices that “he is throwing out the so-and-so”.
The investigation revealed that on Sunday night, November 15, "alias 'Hellen' and 'Harry Potter' would have approached a woman and two men in a bar in Bogotá," and that after gaining their trust, they took advantage of an oversight to provide them with the drug, which acts rapidly on the central nervous system.
The Prosecutor's Office found that the 3 victims were taken from the bar and put into a private vehicle, which would be the property of alias 'Sobrino', in which they “toured the city while cell phones, money and other valuables were taken from them”.
Once they committed the robbery , they left their victims abandoned in various parts of the capital, since they were "at a high level of unconsciousness."
“The 33-year-old woman who was the victim died. Legal Medicine ruled that she died of cerebral hypoxia (lack of oxygen to the brain) as a result of the medicine that was given to her in the drink, ”the accusing body detailed.
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Link to tweet
More:
https://www-pulzo-com.translate.goog/nacion/video-muestra-como-arrastran-victimas-paseo-millonario-bogota-PP1021709
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Another older article, google translation:
Captured members of a gang that drugged and kidnapped two officials of the United States Embassy in Colombia
The criminal group would be involved in several similar crimes, committed for several years in Bogotá. The alleged criminals have been requested in extradition by US justice.
Mar 18, 2021
The Government of the United States requested, under extradition, three people allegedly linked to the kidnapping of two diplomats from the United States Embassy, according to the investigation, the people requested by the North American country drugged their victims and then robbed them. The criminal gang called themselves 'Los Tomaseros', as reported by the CM& channel one newscast.
According to the file, the events occurred in March 2020, when the two officials were chatting in a bar in the north of Bogotá. Two women approached their table who, amid distractions, mixed a substance with the drinks of the two men. The drug made both of them lose strength and awareness of what was happening around them, so the women, members of the dangerous gang, took the opportunity to rob them.
The men were stripped of all their belongings and left with no money after the two women took out all the money they both had in their bank accounts. After the events, the women abandoned the two men who were eventually found and helped.
The Prosecutor's Office, with the support of the FBI, and the request of a US court, began to investigate the crime committed against the two officials and, after days reviewing security cameras, and tracking telephone movements, the authorities found the whereabouts of Jefferson . Arango Castellanos, aka 'Harry Potter', 33 years old; Kenny Juliet Uribe, aka 'Hellen', 31 years old; and a third person who, although she has not been captured, the Noticias Uno newscast assured that she is already fully identified by the Prosecutor's Office and the FBI.
More:
https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2021/03/18/capturados-integrantes-de-banda-que-drogo-y-secuestro-a-dos-funcionarios-de-la-embajada-de-los-estados-unidos-en-colombia/
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