Three Colombian nationals have been indicted for allegedly drugging two U.S. Military troopers and stealing their cash and cellphones.
Jeffersson Arango, Kenneth Uribe and Pedro Silva face federal fees in Miami after a joint investigation by the FBI and Colombian Nationwide Police decided they have been the perpetrators of the March 2020 incident, based on a report from Navy.com.
Authorities say the 2 troopers went to an upscale Bogota bar one night time to look at a soccer recreation and dance with native girls, however the night time ended with one soldier discovered stumbling down the road and one other handed out in his house. Each troopers have been lacking their wallets and cellphones and had little recollection of the night time earlier than, with blood assessments exhibiting they’d been drugged.
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FBI carried out a joint investigation with the Colombian Nationwide Police. (iStock)
Surveillance video from the bar confirmed the three Colombian males drugging the troopers’ drinks after which main them out of the bar round 2 a.m. to a ready automotive. Later, surveillance video at a financial institution, ATM and shops present Arango allegedly utilizing the troopers’ debit and bank cards.
Colombian police started intercepting cellphone communications between the three males after they have been recognized, with authorities alleging the lads mentioned robbing individuals after drugging them at bars and expressed anger that the looming COVID-19 pandemic would shut down their scheme.
In line with the FBI, Arango admitted to federal authorities that he and the 2 males drugged the troopers earlier than taking them to a neighborhood resort. From there, he was capable of get one debit card PIN code by convincing the solider he wanted to pay for one thing and {that a} cellphone was a cost pad, inflicting the soldier to kind his PIN into the cellphone that Arango later used to withdraw cash.
Three Colombian nationals have been indicted for allegedly drugging two U.S. Military troopers and stealing their cash and cellphones. (U.S. Military)
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After the group allegedly robbed the troopers they left them on the road and it’s unclear how one of many Individuals was capable of get again to his house.
Arango was extradited to the U.S. and made his first court docket look in Miami on Friday. It’s unclear if Uribe or Silva have been extradited.
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