The Black Waiter’s tentacles reached the eastern plains

During the preliminary hearings against Julieth Vanessa Martínez Castillo, aka Johana, the Public Prosecution Service revealed that the tentacles of the ‘Rastrojos Costeños’ criminal structure reached the Eastern Plains.

The representative of the Public Prosecution Service admittedly maintained that Waiter Ricardo Martinez Gutiérrez, aka el Negro Waiter, one of the heads of the criminal organization, had committed crimes in Barranquilla, Malambo, Soledad and Sabanagrande, he extended his ‘business’ to the department Goal, especially in the community Garnet.

Everything, it seems, was coordinated by Giovanny Andrés Madrid Pantoja, aka 19, who are designated by the prosecution for carrying out attacks during the past year in the name of the ‘Rastrojos Costeños’ to influence trade, as happens in the Atlantic Ocean.

It is worth noting that the tax authorities reiterated that the role played by alias Johana within the organization was purely financial issues, that is, she was responsible for paying the payroll of the members of the organization, referred to by the authority itself as ” puppies .” the Waiter,” for which she said, “She was the finance manager, managed the salaries and accounts for Waiter Ricardo Martínez Gutiérrez. Among his duties, he had to pay all 26 of each month 1 million 500 thousand pesos to every member.”

After that, the prosecutor revealed that Martínez Castillo had been detained, under the measure of house arrest, between April 2013 and June 2022 for the crime of extortion.

This Tuesday, March 28, in the middle of the imputation hearing, the representative of the investigative body had already provided information about the investigation of Martínez Castillo, who was detained on Thursday, March 23 in the city of Bogotá, where he conducted postdoctoral studies in health audit in an academic center in the capital.

That was precisely one of the rules that the authority indicated, about how the woman apparently paid for her studies with money that the criminal structure had obtained through extortion costs.

According to the authority, on January 12, 2023, a search was made at La Picota prison, in Bogotá, where “El Negro Ober” was staying, in which a Samsung brand phone, which he owned, was found. , and from there they found conversations between the two. One was due to a WhatsApp chat in which ‘Vanessa’, via JPG image he sent him a class schedule of the Fundación Universitario Área Andina, specifically the postgraduate course in health auditing, which was paid for with “extortion money”.

“There is evidence that is They paid for their studies with money from Soledad merchants, and the collective public transport companies of the department of Atlántico. He was a student at this educational center and benefited from money that came from economic demands,” said the prosecutor in the case.