Another threat: hooded and armed men gave the “last warning” to the director of the Palogordo prison

2024-10-04 13:36:57

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To the repeated intimidations against the lives of Captain Eleasid Durán Sánchez, director of the Palogordo maximum security prison, in Girón, Now a video spread on social media has been added in which Four hooded and armed men threatened to kill him.

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“We want to give the final warning to captain Eleasid Durán SánchezWhich If the country does not close 10 We will use weapons against the civilian population and Inpec officials. Likewise, we are tired of your regionalism “Every man from the coast who comes there is humiliated and tortured,” said one of the hooded men in the video.

The governor asked for protection for the director

After learning of the threats, the governor of Santander, Juvenal Díaz Mateúsasked President Gustavo Petro; to the Minister of the Interior, Juan Fernando Cristo, and to the director of the National Protection Unit, Augusto Rodríguez Ballesteros, provide protection to the director of the Palogordo prison.

“Armed and powerful bandits threaten the director of Girón prison, Eleasid Durán, and his officialsS. I urgently ask President Gustavo Petro for immediate and concrete actions to protect their lives and dismantle this criminal gang.”was the governor’s message on his X account, accompanied by the video of the intimidation of the hooded men.

He also indicated that it is of the utmost importance to create a Committee for Risk Assessment and Recommendation of Measures (Cerrem) in the municipality of Girón.

What happens in patio 10 of the Palogordo prison?

Captain Durán Sánchez said this to the Vanguardia newspaper Behind these actions is Patio 10 inmate Aldair Montenegro, alias Gomelo and who is called “Commander Felipe.”

And that’s right Strong controls are carried out on this construction site as part of Operation Domino with which extortion and other illicit acts that prisoners attempt to commit from this prison are fought.

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“It’s an anti-extortion operation and Gang leaders such as Los Pepes, Rastrojos, Costeños, Tren de Aragua and other criminal gangs from Valle del Cauca (La Inmaculada) passed through this patio. It is a normal courtyard, with all the conditions for a prisoner, but there is simply control over what is established in the internal regime. There is no type of comfort and they have no permanent mobile equipment.”announced the director.

The captain reiterated it In Palogordo the only thing that has been done is to act according to the law, without being arbitrary with the population deprived of liberty.

Faced with repeated threats, Durán Sánchez asked the National Protection Unit, UNP, to ensure safety both for the guards who carry out the orders given and for him.

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“I have a conventional, unarmored vehicle and two men. The only thing we ask at the UNP central level is this My protection and that of the officers is guaranteed with the necessary tools to continue to generate a positive perception of safety in this prison,” he said.

There have been around 11 threats made to the director of the Palogordo prison from December last year to today.; For all of them there are criminal reports before the Prosecutor’s Office. The most recent ones had been disclosed the previous week through a brochure.