While the authorities seek to establish the causes that sparked the fight during the party at a slab in the El Peñol-Guatapé reservoir (Antioquia), which ended with a young man drowning, The documentation of the boat that the group of young people rented to hold the celebration is reviewed.
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Although an employee of Inversiones Los Lagos Guatapé SAS, the firm that owns the planchón, assured EL TIEMPO that those attending the party had life jackets before the planchón left the dock, Now the company’s defense reveals new details about the altercation that ended with the young Alexánder Avendaño off the deck of the boat.
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The interrogation
The document of the constitution of Inversiones Los Lagos de Guatapé SAS. Photo:Private file
In fact, in videos broadcast on social networks it is seen how several young people attack Alexánder Avendaño Varela, 22 years old, who ended up jumping off the deck on May 24 and was found 5 days later by a rescue team.
EL TIEMPO investigated and established that behind the ‘Supreme’ planchón, where the party took place, There is Inversiones Los Lagos de Guatapé SAS, which operates under the name Magnus Xperience.
The firm, established with a capital of 6 million pesos, is dedicated to river passenger transportation, construction of boats and floating structures and the sale of food and alcoholic beverages.
The firm also owns the Muelle Bar Flotante Magnus location and Ana De Dios Ríos Buriticá appears as legal representatives and shareholders, with 33 percent of the shares; and Sara Liceth Arismendy Ríos, with 66 percent participation.
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EL TIEMPO investigated and established that on June 1, Arismendy Ríos He attended a summons at the Guatapé Sectional Prosecutor’s Office 48 and was interrogated.
The fight on the planchón
The lawyer Carlos Robledo. Photo:Courtesy
EL TIEMPO contacted Carlos Robledo, lawyer at Inversiones Los Lagos de Guatapé SAS, who began by ensuring that they had already delivered to the Prosecutor’s Office all the documentation of the planchón in which the party took place.
“The company has always complied with the legal requirements for this type of activities. We have a registration, navigation license and insurance policy up to date, a valid motorist’s license, a sailing permit and lifebuoys.”explained the lawyer.
And regarding the fight inside the planchón, he assured: “What I can say in a personal capacity is that, apparently, initially there was a fight, there is a quite delicate situation on the boat and we can see how the young man jumps. What we have learned is that the young man was a little aggressive and “Apparently he also threatened the captain of the boat, which is when he goes up to drive the boat to go to the dock again.”
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And he added: “The captain is not seen in the videos because after having been threatened by the young man, apparently with a bottle, that’s when the captain comes up.”
The discharges
This is the plate on which the events occurred. Photo:Private file
In addition, the lawyer assured that there are photographs that corroborate that before setting sail, life jackets were given to all the occupants of the boat and a police search was carried out andn in which no alcoholic or narcotic substances were found.
And when asked why in the videos it is seen that the young people at the party did not have vestsexplained that those attending the celebration were all of legal age and the use of protection is their own decision.
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“However, the person in charge of control and surveillance is the crew, who is the captain. And if the vest is not used, as in this case, the measure dictated by law is the return to the dock, as was apparently happening at the time,” assured the criminal Robledo.
Although the lawyer said that he could not answer at that time if the captain was still linked to Inversiones Los Lagos Guatapé, he explained that there was an internal investigation within the company.
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