Man Sent to Jail for Allegedly Extorting a Merchant in Turbaco
A judge ordered a man to be held in a prison facility, accused of extorting a merchant in the municipality of Turbaco, Bolívar.
TL;DR
- A judge ordered a man, Víctor Manuel Julio Morales, to be held in jail for allegedly extorting a merchant.
- The suspect allegedly demanded five million pesos, threatening the victim and his family.
- Morales was apprehended while receiving one million pesos, reportedly part of the extortion payment.
- He faces charges of extortion and did not accept the charges.
- In a separate event, merchant Deivis de Jesús Díaz De Voz was shot and killed by hitmen on a motorcycle in Turbaco.
- Díaz De Voz was 35 years old and a native of Turbaco.