“I was ‘jacketed’ with the hat and now everything was ‘wet’. We got there and I cornered myself with the gun here (…). The person was approaching and I began to pray (…). I shot him, I shot him in the head.”
This is how a young prisoner in Colombia described how he killed a man on demand on a television show. That ex-con now lives in Ciaño and is alleged to have been the perpetrator of the brutal attack on a young woman on the Nalón riverside walkway. Hit him in the head with a hammerHe walked a few inches from the temple and then fled. Arrested last FridayAfter a few days of search, it was decided to release him on charges. Currently, a restraining order is against the victim.
in case, in case hammer attacker made society tense. Both the feminist associations and the San Martín del Rey Aurelio City Council have shown their opposition to the man’s release. This newspaper has now accessed the video of the young man describing his criminal past in 2019: “I thank the man who handed me over for doing this. Because if I hadn’t fallen, I hadn’t fallen.”
“Acá” is a Montenegrin prison in Quindío (Colombia). JMV committed the crime in 2016 when he was 16 years old. it happened 42 months in prisonas well as being involved in a reintegration program for young offenders. In the television program broadcast in 2019, he said, “Someone says I want to go now, I am changing. Someone says I will help my neighbor”. “I depend on what comes to me, what life brings me,” he adds in the interview.
In prison, among other projects, he participated in the filming of a feature film based on the stories of himself and his friends. JMV has confirmed that she was abused as a child and that it changed her forever. Glancing at the camera, his eyes filled with tears, he called out to his victim’s relatives in Colombia: “I’m sorry, because I did good things… those that weren’t done. But here I am, growing as a person. Yes, most people may hate me, but I am changing.”
He confirmed behind bars that getting into rigid programs was difficult for him, but ready to start over: “We all deserve a second chance.” And to finish, a reflection of him: “As I sleep, uh… I start thinking about things. I start thinking about my life project, which is what one would think about when imprisoned.”