The National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Inpec) confirmed that Eusebio de Jesús Agudelo Hernández, Recognized by the military as one of the leaders of Los Rastrojos in Antioquia, he escaped in the last few hours from La Picota prison in the south of Bogotá.
Eusebio de Jesús Agudelo Hernández remained in La Picota prison, sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for the crimes of conspiracy to commit a crime, illegal use of uniforms and carrying firearms, and he still had more than two years left in prison.
In October 2013, The Army captured Agudelo as one of the leaders of the Los Rastrojos structure in Amalfi and Yolombó, Antioquia, in the middle of a confrontation with the troops of the 14th Brigade. commanded at that time by Colonel Juan Carlos Vargas.
In the middle of that operation against Los Rastrojos in the Guacabe village, in Yolombó, three men died, but the ringleader, known by the alias El Enano, managed to escape wounded and hide near a pipe. Some time later, the troops of the Infantry Battalion No. 3 Battle of Bárbula managed to capture it.
Military intelligence said that Agudelo Hernández had intimidated farmers and miners with extortion payments and even kidnappings to force them to pay money. Likewise, the structure that he led would have had alliances with the ELN to market coca base.
At the time, Colonel Vargas reported that “two people, sons of a merchant, were kidnapped 15 days ago in Amalfi, and were released due to pressure from the troops. With their capture and the combat casualties, the structure was dismantled.”
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But just two years before finishing paying his sentence, the then head of Los Rastrojos in Antioquia He escaped through a window of La Picota prison, in the south of Bogotá, along with another person, identified as Sebastián Molina López, who is accused of the crimes of attempted homicide, aggravated criminal conspiracy, terrorism and aggravated homicide.
