Colombian singer’s father is arrested and charged with kidnapping and torture

BOGOTÁ.— Recently the name of the Colombian singer Greeicy, has been linked to a strong controversy, since international media announced that Luis Alberto Rendonthe interpreter’s father was arrested.

But it was also accused for supposedly having tidy the kidnapping and torture of two workers whom he accused of stealing a safe with jewelry and a large sum of money from his daughter’s farm in the department of Antioquia (northwest of Bogotá).

For its part, a Colombian media showed the testimony of one of the alleged victims of the dad of Greeicy; He detailed the assaults which he received after being deprived of his freedom.

They report that the father of the singer Greeicy was charged with kidnapping and torture

It was the middle Caracol News in which part of one of the hearings in the case of Luis Alberto Rendonand after that details of how violent in which the Colombian’s father would have acted.

A man identified as Francisco, 61, stated that his life was in danger when he was threatened with a firearm to confess.

“They put the gun to my teeth to rub them really hard, and they told me that if I didn’t sing where the safe was, that I should face the consequences,” stated the alleged victim.

Francisco also explained the alleged way in which he was brutally beaten to the point of damaging his entire body, but especially his vision.

“They started hitting me with the butt of the revolver; They hit me on the head and took seven stitches; after they hit me in my belly, in my ribs, in my face, and they swollen my vision, I see blurry From my right view (sic), I can’t see well because the blow was tremendous, intense,” said the 61-year-old man, who stated that he was working on a construction site on the farm when everything happened.

Likewise, the man who was allegedly kidnapped He claimed that he did not even enter Greeicy’s housesince the construction work for which he was hired was outside the residence.

Caracol News He also presented the testimony of Elder, the alleged second victim of the singer’s father, and who pointed out that it was torture witness that they exercised against their partner Francisco, although he was not spared from receiving several attacks either.

“The screams were heard (from Francis) when they tortured him because they tied him to a metal beam of a column of the house. There they tortured him for a long time. Then they took me and put me there too, where everyone caught me… and I am conscious even when they are putting a hose down my mouth.“said Elder, the other person who denounced the father of the Greeicy.

The aforementioned media also indicated that the alleged attack, occurred in the exclusive Llanogrande sector of the municipality of Rionegro, and was committed by five men which apparently are Escorts of the Rendón family.

Singer Greeicy’s father denies being guilty of kidnapping and torture

Although in recent hours it was reported about the arrest of Greeicy’s fatherAccording to the prosecutor in charge of the case, the alleged kidnapping and torture of the men occurred on May 8, 2023 and Luis Alberto Rendon did not accept the charges.

However, is under house arrest due to his age and state of health since last October 11, 2025 when he was captured in the city of Cali, capital of the department of Valle del Cauca (southwest of Bogotá).

Likewise, Colombian media reported that in this case also there are five other people on trial.

#ATTENTION | These are the details about the judicialization of Greeicy Rendón’s father. They accuse him of kidnapping and extortion. The events occurred a few years ago on a farm in the Valley. pic.twitter.com/0wY4wrQ1mm

— RCN News (@NoticiasRCN) October 14, 2025

For its part, the newspaper The Time published that the commander of the Antioquia Police, Colonel Giovanni Puentestold the singer’s family that the two workers attacked They were not suspects in the robbery for which they were tortured to confess their “robbery.”

It should be noted that until now neither Greeicy nor his family have commented on what happened and the trial against Luis Alberto Rendon keep it up.

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