Since the late hours of the night Monday October 26 and during practically the entire early morning of Tuesday, the president Abelardo De La Espriella was present in Medellín, leading a mega operation deployednot only in the capital of the department, but throughout the region.
The consolidated balance sheet delivered by the Presidency in the last minutes accounts for 149 captures, 89 expulsions and one individual killed.
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President De La Espriella, Mayor Gutiérrez and Governor Rendón during the mega-operation. Photo:Medellín Mayor’s Office.
Although the names of those captured during the massive deployment in the territory have not yet been revealed, in a video published by the President of La Espriella HE refers to three individuals in particular.
two of them They have blood ties with an old glory of Colombian soccer.
It is about Jacobo de Jesús Valenciano Yepesalias Valenciano, and Eddy Santiago Cuadros Yepesaka Risas, the son and stepson of Ivan Rene Valencianoone of the top scorers of the history of soccer in Colombia.
Jacobo de Jesús Valenciano, captured in Villa Hermosa. Photo:Medellín Mayor’s Office.
The operation, which had the support of the mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutierrezthe governor of Antioquia, Andrés Julián Rendónand the Secretary of Security, Manuel Villa Mejíamoved forward with all the operational capabilities of the public force in the city.
In the case of the son and stepson of ‘El Bombardero’, according to the files of the Police Sijinthese young people They would have an extensive criminal historyDespite his young age, related to theft in the region.
These individuals They were captured in the early hours of the morning in a house where they were together, in the sector of Beautiful Villa. There, the Police Special Operations Group (GOES), led by Secretary Villa, The arrests for qualified and aggravated robbery materialized.
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10 proceedings were carried out against ‘La Roja’. Photo:THE TIME.
As President De La Espriella pointed out in the video associated with the results of the operation, these two individuals They would be linked to a group organized common crime (GDCO) known as ‘The Red’.
In fact, this would have been one of the criminal structures most affected by the authorities during the operation, since against ‘La Roja’ 10 search procedures were carried out and record that resulted in the capture of eight members of the GDCO, counting the children of the former Colombia National Team forward.
According to research, this structure would be linked with 12 cases that would represent more than 1,000 million pesos in stolen items. According to court records, its members identified and followed their victims in tourist sectors such as Provence and the Pueblito Paisa. Facts related to airports are also being investigated Olaya Herrera and José María Córdova.
During the proceedings, the authorities They seized, among others, a revolverammunition and four watches, in addition to dozens of chains and bracelets that they would have been stolen by the members of ‘La Roja’ in different episodes perpetrated in the last two years.
It is necessary to point out that the son of the former soccer player had already been captured for the Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Police two years ago.
Jacobo de Jesús Valenciano Yepes, captured in flagrante delicto in 2024 Photo:Particular.
Alias Valenciano had been prosecuted in June 2024 after being arrested in flagrante delicto after having stolen personal items, valued at 14 million pesos, to a citizen who was in a commercial premises in Belén, commune 16 of Medellín. As revealed by this medium at the time, the victim she would have been intimidated with a firearm.
On that occasion, Jacobo de Jesús Valenciano was charged for the crimes of aggravated and qualified theft, trademark falsification and manufacture, trafficking and possession of firearms.
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The young man was caught on security cameras committing the theft. Photo:Private file.
Days later, a city guarantee control judge imposed a home security measure to the young man to take on the legal process against him deprived of liberty.
NICOLAS TAMAYO ESCALANTE
Journalist from Nación, in Medellín.
