He died in prison after being beaten with another detainee and his family was discovered 15 years later.

The State Affairs Council has just filed a complaint for negligence of the National Penitentiary and Penitentiary Institute (INPEC), which condemned this institution for the death and disappearance of the body of an inmate in a prison Bucaramanga, Colombia, where he had been transferred. in February 1992. His family learned of the death 15 years after his death.

The man was sentenced in 1990 to eleven years in prison for murder at the Ternera prison in Cartagena, where his family lives.

When he was moved to another city, his relatives could no longer visit him because of the meager resources they had. But in December 2008, the defendant had to be released.

When the long-awaited date arrived, the mother of the detainee contacted INPEC to obtain information about her son, but she was unsuccessful. Thus, a lot of time has pbaded without the institution giving its reason, the details News One.

After several calls, the guards finally responded to the woman's request, although it was not what she was expecting. His son died in July 1993, 15 years ago.in a fight with another detainee, in which he was seriously wounded with a knife.

Worse, it is that INPEC could not tell the woman where the remains of this man had been left behind. Thus began another judicial struggle.

The family of the deceased sued INPEC for damages, which the Santander Administrative Court dismissed at first instance. But the State Council gave the reason to the victims, according to information provided by the national press.

This high court considered that INPEC violated the right to freedom of worship of the detainee's familyBecause they did not report his death or surrender his body, they were prevented from burying him under a religious rite. The State Council therefore ordered the institution to carry out investigations and all the necessary to recover the remnants of the man and hand them over.

"It draws the attention of the House to the fact that INPEC, although it had data allowing it to know the location of the Lord's family, did showed no prior action to inform them of his death and compel them to hand over the body, "said the president. sentence known by News One.