33 years in prison for police officer who took the life of young footballer Harold Morales in Cartagena
The Superior Court of Cartagena upheld the sentence of 33 years and four months in prison against patrolman Octavio Darío Porras Vides, after finding him responsible for the aggravated homicide of young footballer Harold Morales, which occurred in August 2020 in the capital of Bolívar.
TL;DR
- Patrolman Octavio Darío Porras Vides received a final sentence of 33 years and four months for aggravated homicide.
- The victim, young footballer Harold Morales, was shot on August 24, 2020, in the San Francisco neighborhood of Cartagena.
- The incident began when Porras Vides assaulted Morales for not providing precise car wash operating hours.
- Morales was shot in the abdomen after attempting to flee and died from the injury.
- Porras Vides was also found guilty of altering official reports to falsely implicate Morales.
- Patrolmen Iván Darío Olivo de Ávila and Juan Esteban Gómez Ricard were acquitted of charges of aggravated aiding and abetting and ideological falsehood in a public document.