The murder of Marcelo Pecci: was the prosecutor the target of threats?
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(CNN Spanish) -
A court in Cartagena sentenced this Friday to 23 years and six months in prison four of the five detainees for the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, which occurred in May, according to the Prosecutor's Office in a statement.
The Prosecutor's Office identified those convicted as Wendre Still Scott Carrillo, a Venezuelan national, who, according to the investigation, would have shot the prosecutor;
Eiverson Arrieta, who would have been in charge of transportation and logistics for the attack;
and Marisol Londoño and Cristian Monsalve Londoño, who would have monitored the victim.
The Prosecutor's Office said that during the judicial hearing the defendants ratified the acceptance of charges and offered forgiveness to society and Pecci's family for the crime.
Pecci was killed on May 10 while spending his honeymoon with his wife on Barú Island, in Cartagena.
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A judge issued the conviction after endorsing the acceptance of charges by the defendants during the guarantee control hearings.
At the time, the Prosecutor's Office charged them with the crimes of aggravated homicide and trafficking, manufacturing or carrying aggravated firearms.
The Prosecutor's Office did not disclose the motives for the crime, but revealed that in the period since the event, a police team led by three prosecutors carried out more than 3,000 investigative actions until the capture of the five people.
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Colombia's attorney general, Francisco Barbosa, said in a message on Twitter that these people will serve their sentence in a maximum security prison.
Marcelo Pucci
