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Friday, August 5, 2022

Memo Fantasma Released from Colombian Prison Due to Delays in Starting Trial

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

Guillermo León Acevedo Giraldo, alias Memo Fantasma during one of his remote hearings was released after being in custody without trial for over a year.

The noted drug trafficker and former member of the Bolívar Central Bloc (BCB) of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, Guillermo León Acevedo Giraldo, alias Memo Fantasma, was released on the afternoon of this Friday, August 5, due to the expiration of terms.

Acevedo was one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the country. His criminal life began in the times of Pablo Escobar and the Medellin cartel. Memo Fantasma went unnoticed for more than 30 years by the Colombian authorities. He became "a businessman" who lived for a time in Spain before his capture.

Memo Fantasma is being investigated for allegedly laundering 54,000 million pesos from the Central Bolívar Bloc of the AUC, a structure led by Carlos Mario Jiménez, alias Macaco, who demobilized in 2007. Guillermo León Acevedo, accused of some 15,000 deaths attributed to the self-defense groups,  was not part of the demobilization and continued to launder assets from underground.

The judicial process against Memo Fantasma has been long and, in any case, this new free man will still be linked to the investigation for the crimes of conspiracy to commit a crime, illicit enrichment, and money laundering.

The request for release was raised this Wednesday at the Paloquemao Judicial Complex, in a third attempt by his defense to obtain the freedom of alias Memo Fantasma. The defense argued that 286 days had passed since they filed his indictment, but the trial against him never began and the maximum legal term is 240 days, so the accused would be spending unnecessary time as an insurance measure.

The delays in starting the trial of this defendant have not been the responsibility of him or his defense, according to the latter, and they have not sustained delaying maneuvers to force his release due to the expiration of terms. On the contrary, he points out that circumstances beyond his control have arisen: requests for postponement and rescheduling from the Attorney General's Office, problems with the court's agenda, and other matters beyond Acevedo's control.

The accusing entity expressed its disagreement with the decision but did not present resources to appeal it. Neither did the delegate of the Attorney General's Office. ”They took a long time digitizing the evidence; the delay is not only the responsibility of the defense but also of the Prosecutor's Office, "said the official from the Public Ministry.

It should be noted that the Prosecutor's Office had tried to extend the insurance measure, but on June 30 that intention was ruled out. According to the judge, the delegate prosecutor was not able to give weighty arguments for that decision to be made. In this sense, as a scolding, the judge stated that a “less simple” argument could be presented in the face of the risks that persisted or existed in this case. “No circumstances have been presented to reach that conclusion, you didn't say anything at all,” she concluded.

However, justice has already made some decisions regarding those involved: a guarantee control judge released his mother, Margoth de Jesús Giraldo Ramírez, and his grandmother, María Enriqueta Ramírez. Both were involved in the same case and were accused of figurehead, for unjustified assets of 4,973 million pesos and 1,654 million pesos, respectively.

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44 comments:

  1. To the buttercups wailing how unfair it is that a cartel has government protecting them from their adversaries - heed this dude pulling coup. He may not be forever but this is what power in the underworld looks like.

    Canadian girl 💋

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  2. Many countries are letting criminals out of jail . Rafael Caro Quientro is an example of this . Memo Fantasma is another example but Russia does not play these games with criminals
    . Brittney Griner is going to stay 9 years . Thank you

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    1. She deserves all of those 9 years. The scourge of drug use has never ended well for anyone.

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    2. 9 years is way too much for 1 gram of hash oil. 1st offense should be probation or less.

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    3. Pretty dumb taking you hash pipe to Russia like you cant wait a week or two till your home. Some weed smokers straight in denial claiming weeds not addictive

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    4. 7:15 you are the problem . Stop defending criminals .That is the reason there is so much crime in the USA do the crime do the time !
      They should have given her 20 years in the Siberian Gulags.
      9 years of hearing the Russian National Anthem since she hates the American National Anthem

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    5. These people think the laws don' t apply to them. These people want to live the thug life, but dont want the thug life consecuences .

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    6. Orale 748👍🏻

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    7. 748 smoking hash makes you thug life estas pendejo putito

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    8. 7:48😆 can't do the time don't do the crime is what I say

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    9. When you travel to a country you must abide by that country's laws. U.S. citizenship doesn't give anyone any special privileges.
      Many countries have much stricter laws. Iran executes drug "traffickers", even if they are "trafficking" only a gram.
      If women travel to Iran, they must wear a hijab. If you don't want to wear a hijab, don't travel to Iran.
      The same for the states. If you want to smoke hash oil, stay in a state where it is legal. Don't bring any into Mississippi if you don't like sitting in jail.

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    11. Borderlandbeats Comments Lives Matter

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    12. 6:42 not really

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    13. Thank you Russia

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    14. Isn't there a trade in the works? Like for that Russian guy Tarzan? Someone of that nature? I read an article about it but I'm not sure if it's legit.

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    15. Ganging up against Britney makes me suspect the gangbangers don like her main specialty, she is a professional black, and a lesbian, and, and, and, and...black?
      That "russian guy" Vitor 'Bout is a spying weapons trafficking specialist, wanted by released Vladdermir Putin, he will leave his network behind, and too many kilos of dead people.
      Using grifa oils or creams or chocolate chip grifa cookies or smoking them with shit is not appealing to me, but I love Cheech and Chong and the jokes about Snoop and Martha, the abuses of trust by Willy Nelson passing the foot long roach Subs of concentrated sinsemillas with bird shit or sumpim' to his friends and foes, but doing business with russia or North Korea or Iran is the more stupid shit.
      Memo Fantasma must have the goods on a lot of government officials, AUC was created by Alvaro Uribe Velez to traffick and murder and rob and steal with the blessings of US associates, culombian police and guerrillas were with AUV too, the whole rigmarole left them no option but to murder innocents to create Falsos Positivos to show work in their "War ON Drugs" they exported to México to avenge many treasons against culombian traffickers.

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  3. Drug use? Marijuana is not a narcotic.

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    1. Still an illegal drug to use federally in the US and Russia where she was. SMH. There goes her career

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    2. I'm aware of that but it's still misclassified as a narcotic in Russia.

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    3. Apparently Russia classifies it as a Narcotic. The US does too. Our opinions, or interpretations don't matter. When caught with illegal substances, the gov can classify how ever they see fit. In courts, only legal arguments matter. Common sense is mostly irrelavent. The way things should be, and how they are may differ, but, in this case, Russian law is....the law. BG, knowingly defied Russian law, in Russia. She took a risk, and she lost. Now, miss anti America wants America to save her. While, I think that Russian law in this case is outdated, and the punishment harsh, she rolled the dice, and came up snake eyes. No one to blame, but herself.

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    4. Grifa oil is grifa oil, fack it.
      but the chinga de perro bailarin the US is helping Ukrainians give the Roachians is Unforgettable and Unforgivable.
      Beating up a dog until he dances the Kazakshock is the Ukrainian armed forces specialty since time immemorial, last time the british died charging with their Light Brigade, all they got was a great song after their dead.
      Don't mess with the Crimeas or you'll get to punish black grifa addicts for revenge.

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    5. 2:38
      The USA does not classify it as a narcotic. It's classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Or, controlled drug but not the narcotic type.

      It seems Russia misclassifies it as a "narcotic" which it is not.

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    6. 245

      Puro gibberish 😂

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    7. 10:38 make my life complete:
      What happened to about 7 million peisos his wife and his mother had, and where the other 50 million he laundered went, that is more interesting than Britney's Black past or present

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  4. The biggest drug lord in the world is free again. Showing his political connections.

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  5. It was actually Insightcrime that outed Memo Fantasma. Pretty good investigative journalism.

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    1. SIR is a journalist for them.

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    2. Lol he also works in the mailroom. It's a kind gesture that Insight gives opportunities to the developmentally disabled.

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    3. 12:56 well,
      thanks for the gratitude, it is a pity so many readers with much greater intellect never thank INSIGHT or Indigo, OR ME...
      You are doing excellent.

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    4. Sir:
      Thank you for your hard work, dedication and deeply thoughtful posts, even though I don't understand them. Your courage and intellect are greatly appreciated.

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    5. 12:11 thanks for reading,
      keep trying to understand, you can Google any line and get fast long further information.
      I'll try to read more of your long treatises too...

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  6. I think no1 should do time for non violent drug crimes
    They gave her 9 years while child predator or sex. Offender getting probation or time served smh wtf going on in this world

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    1. She broke Russian law. Therefore she suffers Russian consequences. Hilarious the people who don’t understand this.

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    2. 13% doing what they do best

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  7. Hmm I wonder why he was in Spain....

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    1. Porque living the good life. After you got $$$ in the bank who wants to live in the jungle.

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    2. 9:52 more like supplying cocaine to Europe

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    3. 11:52 his specialty was money laundering not drug trafficking.
      Drug money laundering is not heavily punished, Great Big Banksters never get punished or outed, just a little nobody clerk here and there, on top of it robbing countries treasury in cahoots with governments, banksters make the world go round with the massive money transferring Laundromat.

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    4. 2:54 his speciality was he's elusive. He is one of Colombia biggest narcos I don't know where you got your garbage info

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    5. 3:19 Spain's specialty is not crime or drug trafficking, they steal investments some after laundering the money, since presidente Jose lopez Porrillo, his ex wife dona Carmen and his new wife la Sasha Montanegros from argentina moved their stolen treasures from mexico...prior to that, Gustavo Diaz Ordaz was ambassador because LEA needed to get his ass out of the way but more than everything, king Juan Carlos needed money after his child abuser francisco Franco died and left his ass penniless, he retired a billionaire after allowing elusive people do their thing as long as they paid their share, even Cabeza de Marano and co.
      Money talks, elusives suck ass.

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  8. Good luck finding him for trial.

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  9. He's a government informant, snitched. Journalist exposed him, government will sweep it under rug. He'll hide in his gated home with security, cause he knows what time it is.

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