El TIEMPO spoke with the senator of the Comunes party, Jorge Torres Victoria, known as alias Pablo Catatumbofor the capture of a driver escort agent of the National Protection Unit, UNP, in the service of his wife, Sandra Milena Morales, signatory of the 2016 Peace Agreement and demobilized from the FARC. The man, 36 years old, is accused of forcibly carrying a minor in the entity’s van.
Jorge Torres Victoria, alias Pablo Catatumbo.
Photo:Diego Santacruz / BOCAS Magazine
In this regard, the senator He assured that they are waiting for the pertinent investigations to be carried out. Now, he confirmed that at the time the authorities recorded the events, on June 16, at a checkpoint located at the Betania toll, Popayán (Cauca) – Tuluá (Valle) route, The bodyguard was driving the UNP vehicle assigned to his partner..
However, he stated that “He was not carrying out her missions, nor was she in the car. “The boy was on free time and used the car to make personal trips and became entangled in that mess.”
And he added “he says he was with his girlfriend.” However, in the document, to which this newspaper had access, it is indicated that he “surprised two people taking a minor without her consent to apparently be handed over to a group outside the law- (stated by the minor at the time of registration)”.
In that sense, the senator was categorical that “I have nothing to do with that. I reject it. Since I signed the Agreement I assumed a total commitment to peace. All my conduct has been directed towards strengthening peace and that is what I have to say. “I’m not playing with peace,” he said and indicated that the captured person did not belong to any congressman’s scheme.
The description of the authorities
Official information states that the UNP escort agent driver is Yerlin Andrey Giraldo Marín, 36 years old, “assigned to the scheme of Mrs. Sandra Milena Morales, a member of the Comunes party.”
Giraldo was captured along with a 17-year-old minor who was accompanying him – who was born in Santander de Quilichao and currently lives in Corinto, Cauca.
The UNP bodyguard was presented to the Attorney General’s Office for the legalization of capture and charging of charges and a judge ordered him to be detained in a detention facility.
The minor was arrested and is in the custody of the competent authority.
JUAN PABLO PENAGOS RAMÍREZ
Political Journalist EL TIEMPO
