The National Unit of Money Laundering from the General Prosecutor´s Office granted the approval of assets seizure of 242 million 750 thousand dollars, 135 thousand 200 dollars and 17 thousand 500 euro seized from Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas, alias Alfonso Cano.
The fortune of the killed guerrilla commander was seized by the army during the Odiseo operation, in November 2011, within the jurisdiction of Suarez, Cauca.
In order to make a decision about the approval of assets seizure over the foreign and local currency confiscated, prosecutors took into consideration that Saenz Vargas never had a lawful occupation and on the contrary, he was always was a FARC member, to the point that he was part of the Secretariat of this group and criminally responsible of terrorism, kidnapping for ransom, attempted homicide and aggravated murder, a bomb attack against El Nogal club or the occupation of Mitú, Vaupés, among others.
The decision warns that there is evidentiary material leading to conclude that the currency seized from Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas, alias “Alfonso Cano”, is a result of an illicit activity, which has no legal basis, being of illegal origin and allows to define the request of approval.
The approval of assets seizure of Alfonso’s Cano fortune was supported by the General Prosecutor´s Office, the National Directorate of Narcotics and the Ministry of Justice and Law, who also made part of this process.