American charged with aggravated femicide after murder of Colombian DJ

The family of DJ Valentina Trespalacios, the young woman found dead in a garbage container in Bogotá, and the alleged victim, after a shocking trial exposed the difficulties in interpreting the crimes charged against John Poulos. The US citizen will request a replacement interpreter to resume judicial proceedings.

Poloz was charged by the Attorney General’s Office with aggravated femicide and concealing, altering or destroying material evidence, seizing and impeaching charges during the trial, which he pleaded not guilty to.

However, the attorney for the Trespalacios family, Miguel Ángel Del Río Malo, will ask the bail control judge handling the case this Monday to replace the interpreter; This is due to issues arising from the hearing, which will continue on Tuesday, January 31 at 9:00 am.

“That is why we have already made a prior request to the bail control judge to change the interpreter, and we will insist on Monday in writing and formally until the bail control judge evaluates the possibility of changing the interpreter,” explained the lawyer. Del Rio Malo.

The body of a 22-year-old woman was found by a recycler in an abandoned suitcase in a rubbish container located in the town of Fontibon.

“We think that it does not have the dimension of damaging the structure of the audience. However, the possibility of changing the person is important for us and we have paid great attention to the issue of the structure of the audience, because after each place the accused is asked if he understands what the interpreter is sending him. The lawyer said.

However, when he told her about some of the items, specifically a cell phone, at Friday’s hearing, Del Rio said, ​​”She told him she was talking about $7,000 in cash. That’s not established, I didn’t tell her.”

“What we want, basically, is to guarantee that the audience interacts in the best possible way, and it’s going to be very complicated. It’s a process that can take about 10 to 12 hours, and technical considerations regarding reasonable teacher interference, tests on charges must be addressed. In short, the most A lot of comments which require great rigor and which the defendant can understand properly”, he added.

The interrogation of Poulos, who requested to be placed in a solitary cell because he feared for his safety, was suspended due to errors in translation. The man, in the same vein, said he was looking for a new translator for his protection.

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