The Technical Investigation Corps (CTI), captured in the municipality of Barrancas (La Guajira) the governor of this department, Juan Francisco Gómez Cerchar, for the alleged crime of conspiracy to commit aggravated.
The Attorney General (e), Jorge Fernando Perdomo, said that the arrest warrant was issued by a Special Prosecutor before the Supreme Court. The judicial decision was made based on sufficient evidence to establish its relationship with the criminal gang led by Marcos de Jesus Figueroa, alias Marquitos, and the AUC Northern Block, led by alias Jorge 40 and Salvatore Mancuso.
Instruction was opened and the inquest will be held under the crime of conspiracy, said Perdomo.
Similarly, the Attorney General (e) also said it will investigate the possible involvement of Gomez Cerchar in three murders execution. “one Barrancas councilor named Luis Lopez Peralta, occurred on February 26, 1997, and Mr. Luis Alejandro Rodriguez Frias and Rosa Mercedes Cabrera Alfaro, committed on July 7, 2000 in the village Mamonal jurisdiction of Fonseca (La Guajira) “.
Lopez Peralta was victim of an attack in the Iparu hotel, who ran for that time in the municipality of Barrancas. He also said Perdomo, in the delegate Attorney before the Court pursuing other proceedings against which will drive for 906 law. It is the murder of Yiandra Britto, Barrancas former mayor, and her husband, Henry Ustariz. In addition, the threats to people like Claudia Lopez and Gonzalo Guillen.