[3] The criminal network, composed mainly of women, was led by Sandra Giraldo and Emilsen Yulima Nataly Rojas.
Each member had a different role within the gang, some focused on maintaining relationships with men, others on murdering them, and yet more were in charge of finding lawyers and managing life insurance collections.
[4] According to the investigators, Hernández Beltrán was persuaded by an acquaintance of his to buy life insurance.
When they learned of this, the gang decided to take advatange of it and invited Diego to camp at night near a reservoir called El Peñol-Guatapé on September 27, 2008.
Despite this, the family of the deceased disputed her claims, stating that Diego had never had any romantic bond with the woman.