Supreme Court denied guardianship that asked to acquit 'Epa Colombia'

The Criminal Cassation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice rejected guardianship, due to lack of legitimation, which asked to acquit Daneidy Barrera, the influencer known as 'Epa Colombia'.With the presentation of Judge Eugenio Fernández Carlier, the High Court determined not to accept any of the arguments presented by the lawyer Ariel Alberto Quiroga Vides, who appeared as a informal agent of Daneidy. La acción de tutela pedía tumbar la condena de cinco años impuesta contra Barrera, por el Juzgado 2 Penal Especializado de Bogotá, por actos vandálicos cometidos contra el Transmilenio en 2019.As the Court explained, the guardianship was rejected because the lawyer was not legitimized by the influencer and businesswoman to present this type of judicial actions in his name.

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