'Mayeya,' leader of Tren de Aragua, convicted in Colombia
The gang leader was charged with the murder of four people, whose bodies were dismembered, put in plastic bags and abandoned in different parts of Bogota.
Yofren Javier Guedez | Noticias Caracol/ Joan Camargo
Yofren Javier Guedez, AKA "Mayeya," one of the alleged ringleaders of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, was sentenced to 26 years in prison in Colombia. The information was confirmed by the Colombian Attorney General's Office in a statement.
Mayeya was convicted of the murder of four people, whose bodies were dismembered, put in plastic bags and abandoned in different parts of Bogota, the Colombian capital.
"A criminal judge sentenced him to 26 years in prison for the crimes of aggravated homicide, torture, and concealment, alteration or destruction of evidence. The sentence must be served in a prison," the Attorney General's Office wrote in a statement posted on X.
In this regard, the Attorney General's Office explained that "a prosecutor from the Bogota Section proved that Mayeya participated in the murder of four people in a bar in the Chapinero district, in events that occurred on Sept. 4, 2022."
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