Convicted of involved in terrorist attack at the General Santander Cadet School

The Attorney General's Office announced this Thursday that one of those involved in the terrorist attack that occurred on January 17, 2019 at the Santander Cadet School was convicted.

The man identified as Ricardo Andrés Carvajal Salgar (Ricardo Andrés Carvajal Salgar) was convicted of an aggravated terrorist crime, an aggravated murder, and a murder crime of an aggravated degree of attempt. Manufacture of firearms for the exclusive use of the military, trafficking and carrying them, damage to property deteriorated by others.

A professional criminal judge in Bogotá convicted Carvajal Salgar after the Attorney General's Office revealed that the van used to carry out the terrorist attack at the Santander Cadet School had paid for the rental of the warehouse where it was held.

According to the prosecutor's group of directors specialized in the Bogotá section and criminal organizations, the person involved in the attack rented a space located in the Santa Librada area, south of Bogotá, where the van committed the attack on January 17, 2019.

According to the prosecutor's office, among the evidence provided in the proceedings, there is a telephone call in which Ricardo Andrés Carvajal confesses to another person that he is hiding because he participated in an attack by a police school.

In a conversation at the 31-year-old, “It warmed up because I planted a bomb.” It should be recalled that Karbazal was arrested by the authorities three days after the attack with explosives at the Santander General School.

It should be noted that this person involved in a terrorist attack was deprived of liberty in the La Picota prison in Bogotá.

On January 17, 2019, he was shaken after learning about a terrorist attack at the Santander General's Cadet School in Bogotá.

A van with explosives entered the place and was not detected by officials responsible for the security of the place. At the time, this is quite questionable, since it is a police school where control must be stricter.

When a van was installed inside the school, an explosion occurred very close to where the training was being conducted. The result of the terrorist attack was 22 deaths and 81 injured.

The Nissan Patrol van was loaded with about 80 kg of pentolite, and the driver was identified by the authorities as José Aldemar Rodriguez, who was identified as a member of the ELN.

In this case, in the process carried out by the authorities, more than 10 arrests were made. However, some prisoners were repeatedly convinced that it was a false judicial affirmation, claiming that the authorities carried out arrests without additional evidence for production.results.

Some of the things caught in this process include: Andres Felipe Oviedo, alias Jesus; Carlos Marin, alias Marin; Angie Lorena Solano, alias Marco; Miguel Castillo, alias Tonho; Ani Daniela Martinez, alias Dani; Jessica Barrientos, alias Jessica; Carlos and Luis Sebastian Mateus, alias Carlitos and Sebas.

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