On the morning of Monday January 29, 2024, the capture of the four people who kidnapped and extorted two Canadian citizens in November 2023 was confirmed. The operation was carried out thanks to the joint work of the troops of the Gaula Militar Valle, the Office of Attorney General. of the Nation, the Military Gaula of Antioquia and the National Police.

According to known information about the capture, the criminals identified as Yarith Nathalid Grueso Madrid, alias Nicholas; Guillermo Rivera Chávez, aka Tarzanand Jorge Alfonso Castro Ríos, aka One and, They were protected by a security measure by a criminal judge in Cali, so they are in a penitentiary center.

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Concerning the fourth person captured, identified as Nathali Posso Celi, alias Natias determined by the judge, will be released, although she remains linked to the investigation. The prosecution charged the four criminals as alleged co-perpetrators of the crimes of kidnapping with extortion and qualified and aggravated robbery.

Regarding the capture, the commander of the Third Brigade, Brigadier General Juan Oduber Rendón Pérez, confirmed that the way the common delinquency group operated was based on the transfer of victims to residences located in the center and north of Cali to steal them. business.

“Their criminal actions were concentrated in the center and north of the city, mainly in residences, where they took their victims to rob them of their property and steal money from their bank accounts and credit cards. At the same time, they made financial demands from their closest friends and family in exchange for their release,” the Brigadier General confirmed.

The Attorney General's Office explained that The events for which the four criminals were prosecuted were recorded on November 24, 2023 when a Canadian citizen reported that two engineers of the same nationality had been kidnapped from a hotel located west of Cali.

As the complainant explains, the foreign citizens were taken to several residences, where they were stripped of their personal belongings, documents, credit cards and cash.

Not happy with that, The criminals sent text messages to several of the Canadians' friends demanding money as payment for the freedom of foreigners held against their will.

After the complaint, officials from the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) and the Gaula Army began their respective investigations to find the whereabouts of the kidnapped engineers. Inspections were carried out at the location where the kidnapping took place, communications were intercepted and videos from security cameras of shopping centers and banking entities were analyzed. In this way it was possible to identify each of the alleged perpetrators of the events.

After the siege by the authorities, the two Canadian engineers were released by their captors on January 25, 2024 in an area of ​​central Cali.

The investigative entity succeeded in establishing this pseudonym Nicholas and pseudonyms Nati They contacted the two foreigners via an Internet site in order to set up several meetings in restaurants, cafes, nightclubs and apartments and thus gain the trust of Canadians.

Once the two Canadian citizens entered the property where the two women took them, they tied their hands and feet, tortured them, sedated them with substances and robbed them of their credit cards with which they carried out transactions and purchases.

According to the investigating entity, The total amount stolen by the criminals is 80 million pesos.