Two young men accused of abusing tourists in Cartagena are sent to prison

| February 12, 2019 – 9:15 pm

The 18 year old tourist received a knife in the neck and was thrown to the ground where she had badual contact, one after the other, according to the story told in front of an audience very concentrated.

During the afternoon of Tuesday, a Cartagena Guaranteed Safeguards Judge sent to Jimmy Miranda Morales and Luis Guillermo Ricardo Torres, imprisoned in San Sebastián de Ternera, the prosecutor's charges prosecuted robbery and aggravated.

Miranda and Ricardo Torres were identified by two heroic tourists as those who, in addition to stealing their property, badually badaulted an 18-year-old girl who arrived in the walled city for a vacation.

According to the story of the woman; She and another young man she met on the bus during her trip from Bogotá arrived Monday night at the Cartagena transport terminal.

Once there, the two tourists decided to leave their luggage for a moment in the custody of foreign nationals, apparently Venezuelans, while finding a phone to contact those who would host them. At the end of their conversations, they realized that neither their luggage nor the people to whom they had been entrusted had it.

The search for suitcases led tourists to walk around the terminal, where several men threatened them with knives. The young woman was given a knife in the back of the neck and was thrown to the ground, where they had badual access, one after the other, according to the story told during the hearings.

During this time, the young man was intimidated by a dagger to refrain from any action in favor of the woman or his.

The victims were stripped of their clothes. Naked, they were found by the police who helped them.

Thanks to the description provided by the victims, added to the neighbors' versions of the area that indicated the place where one of the alleged perpetrators of these crimes had entered, it was possible to specify the capture of two of the perpetrators alleged crimes.