The Prosecutor’s Office appealed against the decision made by the Specialized Criminal Court of the Circuit of Manizales, which acquitted and set former Mayor of Manzanares (Caldas), Celio Aristizabal Mejía free, within a proceeding for conspiracy to commit a crime.
The politician, who run the administration of the town in the period 2004-2007; however, was bound to the investigation once the demobilized individuals of the Ramon Isaza Front – Magdalena Medio self-defenses linked him as a collaborator, when he served as Secretary of Government in the period 2001-2003. He was acquitted for these facts and the Criminal Chamber of the Tribunal will finally decide the case.