The forcefulness of the evidence presented by prosecutors from the Special Investigation Unit (UEI) was decisive for knowledgeable judges to convict noted members of illegal armed groups involved in crimes against social leaders in Caquetá and Córdoba.
Condemns ‘El Zarco’. The Prosecutor’s Office obtained a sentence of 22 years and 5 months in prison against JuManuel Gómez Durango, alias El Zarco, responsible for the murder of the community leader Mary Cruz Petro Villalba, perpetrated on April 25, 2023 in Ciénaga de Oro, (Córdoba).
The victim was traveling on a motorcycle when he was approached by armed men who shot him and then took the vehicle. ‘El Zarco’, a member of a substructure of the ‘Clan del Golfo’, was found responsible for the crimes of homicide, conspiracy and qualified theft. All these aggravated behaviors. In addition to manufacturing, trafficking and carrying firearms or ammunition.
Condemns ‘Raúl’. ANDliecer Núñez Ángel, alias Raúl, a member of the Border Command structure, of the FARC dissidents, accepted his responsibility in at least five homicides recorded in Belén de los Andaquíes, La Montañita and El Paujil (Caquetá). Among the victims were three social leaders, a peace signer and a civilian, who lost their lives after being attacked with firearms.
Among the events attributed to him is the murder of the social leader and vice president of the Community Action Board of the Bolivian village of El Paujil (Caquetá), Antonio Charry Naranjo, which occurred on September 15, 2022.
The convicted man also participated in the murders of social leaders Alexander Pastrana Lozada and Marcos Antonio Morales López. The crimes occurred in the villages of Puerto Gaitán and Thailand in the municipality of La Montañita, in March 2022.
After signing a preliminary agreement, alias Raúl was sentenced to 22 years and 2 months in prison for the crimes of homicide, forced displacement, and conspiracy to commit a crime. All aggravated behaviors; in addition to manufacturing, trafficking and carrying firearms or ammunition.
Condemnation of alias Guamo. Yoner Cortés Artunduaga, alias Guamo, was sentenced to 18 years and 2 months in prison, a noted member of the Miller Perdomo structure of the FARC dissidents who participated in the murders of two social leaders registered in La Montañita (Caquetá).
Cortés Artunduaga was found responsible for the crime of the communal leader Yony Alejandro Chala Hueje, perpetrated on June 27, 2021 in the Comuneros village. Likewise, he participated in the murder of the treasurer of the Community Action Board of the Reina Baja village, which occurred in the Reina Baja village, on January 21, 2023.
Cortés Artunduaga was sentenced for the crimes of homicide; manufacture, trafficking and carrying of firearms or ammunition; and conspiracy to commit a crime. Both behaviors aggravated.
