Thursday, March 21, 2024
Merlano’s daughter will face a sentence of 13 years and 10 months in prison; The judge also revoked the benefit of house arrest
Aída Victoria Merlano Manzaneda was sentenced by the Prosecutor’s Office to a sentence of 13 years and 10 months in prison for being a co-author of the crime of using minors in the commission of aggravated crimes and an accomplice in the crime of prisoner escape, this due to what happened on October 1, 2019 when his mother, Aída Merlano, ran away in a dental office, located in the north of Bogotá.
The magistrate revoked the benefit of house arrest, which had been given to him in the first instance, and ordered his immediate arrest.
#ATTENTION | The #Prosecution General of the Nation got the Superior Court of Bogotá, in the second instance, to sentence Aída Victoria Merlano Manzaneda to 13 years and 10 months in prison for being co-author of the crime of using minors in the commission of crimes…
— Colombian Prosecutor’s Office (@FiscaliaCol) March 21, 2024
The influencer had been convicted in September 2022 with the argument that she carried the implements in a suitcase so that Merlano Rebolledo, her mother, could escape. At that time, Merlano Rebolledo had been transferred to El Buen Pastor prison to a dental office, then she reappeared in Venezuela.
His mother had been convicted of buying votes in the Atlantic related to Arturo Char, former president of the Senate.
Merlano Mazaneda remained under house arrest while his second-instance sentence was determined. Finally the court ordered his immediate arrest.
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