Juan Camilo Ávila Ospino, 21 years old, died in the High and Medium Security Penitentiary and Prison Establishment of Valledupar, ‘The Tramacúa’, last Friday, February 2, in an incident that has generated controversy between his relatives and the prison authorities. Although authorities initially reported that it was an apparent suicide, the victim’s mother maintains that he was murdered and plans to file a complaint about it.
“Those of Inpec they killed him, They hanged him, beat him and threw him like a dog. We have enough evidence to ensure that those people killed him and today they want to sell a lie. That is not done,” Lorena Ospino Narváez, mother of the victim, told EL PILÓN, who assured that her son never had enemies or problems with anyone in prison.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The events that preceded Juan Camilo’s death include an argument with another inmate in a cell and a altercation with another convict. Subsequently, he was transferred to the parlor area as a disciplinary measure, where he was found dead.
The mother of the deceased questioned the official version and accused a guard of being involved in her son’s death, alleging that he He attacked him for talking to his wife secretly by phone. They demand justice from the competent authorities.
The family faces difficulties in covering the funeral expenses, and although the municipal administration provided them with a grave, Juan Camilo’s body has not yet been buried.
The young man had been deprived of his liberty for the crime of attempted femicide for two years and three months, of which he spent two in prison. Permanent jaila month in the Judiciary and since last December 7 he remained in ‘La Tramacúa’.
