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One of the content creators for social networks who participated in the video has already been transferred to a police station, according to the entity. The fines that will be applied add up to about $ 1,740,000.
The event caused outrage, as some young people filmed themselves while walking the streets of Cartagena giving away lollipops made of soap. “The man is going to test our product for free as long as he tells us his opinion about what we make,” says one of the people who appears in the video.
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According to the Cartagena Police, one of the influencers who participated in this video in which food contaminated with toxic elements is delivered to vulnerable people, was transferred to the Caribe Norte Police Station, located in the Chambacú sector. . “At the end of the interrogation at the facilities of the Attorney General’s Office, where he appeared with a lawyer, this person was transferred by police from the Metropolitan of Cartagena,” they said in a statement.
Due to this fact, two subpoenas would be applied: “for behaviors contrary to coexistence, in accordance with article 40 of Law 1801 of 2016, as it affects social groups with special constitutional protection, such as children, the elderly and people in legal on the streets, and for disrespect for authority, by throwing obscene expressions at the police officers who were carrying out the procedure ”. The fines total about $ 1,740,200.
In relation to events reported in social networks about influencers who have deceived the elderly in Cartagena with soap popsicles, #Prosecutor opened an investigation, through the Immediate Reaction Unit, and carries out urgent actions to identify those involved.
– Colombia Prosecutor’s Office (@FiscaliaCol) November 24, 2020
“We continue the search for the other two influencers linked in this video that shows an attack against the health of people with special constitutional protection, older adults, children and people in vulnerable conditions,” said the Cartagena Police. In addition, they explained that in a joint manner with the Prosecutor’s Office, “criminal notice was opened, for the crimes of imitation and simulation of food.”
In relation to events reported in social networks about influencers who have deceived the elderly in Cartagena with soap popsicles, #Prosecutor opened an investigation, through the Immediate Reaction Unit, and carries out urgent actions to identify those involved.
– Colombia Prosecutor’s Office (@FiscaliaCol) November 24, 2020
In October 2019, the content creators were captured because they simulated that a person was dead on Pedro de Heredia Avenue, near Las Gaviotas Bridge, causing fear among passersby. That time they also used police clothing to search civilians and make them believe that they had drugs in their pockets. “It is important to note that these influencers had already signed a commitment with the Public Prosecutor’s Office not to again attack public health and safety,” the Police reported.
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