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Fabricio Colón Pico is sentenced to 5 years in prison for intimidating Ecuadorian prosecutor Diana Salazar

( Spanish) – An Ecuadorian court declared Fabricio Colón Pico guilty of the crime of intimidation on Tuesday and sentenced him to five years in prison for sending death threats to the State Attorney General, Diana Salazar.

Colón Pico, a member of the Los Lobos criminal gang, faced a week of trial, a period in which the Prosecutor’s Office presented evidence and testimonies that warned of threats to the lives of Salazar and his daughter.

A video showing hooded men with weapons, sent to the prosecutor’s phone, was key during the trial. The comparison and expertise of the voice of the threats in the video demonstrate that it was recorded by Colón Pico, as determined by the analysis of the investigators of the case.

The Prosecutor’s Office informed that during the trial Colón Pico rejected the accusations against him and denied that the audio of the video corresponds to his voice. He insisted that he has not planned an attack on the life of the prosecutor and her family.

Colón Pico – who was one of the most wanted men in the country – had escaped from the Riobamba prison on January 8, in the midst of the violence in Ecuador that led the Government to decree a state of emergency due to serious commotion. internal, which is still in force.

On April 22, Colón Pico was arrested again by the Police in the Puerto Quito area, in the province of Pichincha, after obtaining information that helped his arrest through a telephone line enabled to report alleged criminals or gangs. criminals.

According to the Police, alias Captain Pico also faces some 21 proceedings for various crimes, such as organized crime, illicit association, arms and drug trafficking, robbery, among others.

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