Juan Carlos, the only one captured so far for the murder of Jaime Esteban, rejected this Wednesday, November 5, the charges brought against him by the Attorney General’s Office during the hearing held in the morning.
The 27-year-old young man, who graduated from the Universidad de los Andes, refused to accept his responsibility in the death of the 20-year-old student, who died after receiving a brutal beating in the early hours of October 31 in Bogotá.
During the judicial proceedings, the prosecuting body attributed the crime of homicide with aggravated circumstances to the defendant as a co-author, requesting a sentence of between 40 and 50 years in prison.
However, when the judge with the guarantee control function asked him if he understood the facts and if he agreed to the charges, Juan Carlos responded bluntly: “I do not accept charges.”
The crime occurred when Jaime Esteban was leaving the ‘Before Club’ establishment, located in the town of Chapinero, where he had attended a Halloween celebration. According to the evidentiary material presented by the Prosecutor’s Office, which includes videos from security cameras, the student was attacked for no apparent reason by two men, one of them identified as Juan Carlos, who had his face painted red and black and was not wearing a shirt.
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The images show how the captured man punched the victim in the back, knocking him to the ground. Once on the floor, he kicked him several times in the face.
The second attacker, identified as Ricardo González, managed to escape and is currently wanted by the authorities.
At the request of the parties involved, the hearing was suspended and will resume this coming Thursday, November 6, at which time the security measure hearing will take place. There it will be decided whether Juan Carlos must remain in prison while the judicial process against him progresses.
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