#HayJusticia
The Attorney General’s Office proved before a court that Héctor Albeidis Arboleda Buitrago, alias El Enfermero, committed serious acts against human rights since he carried out abortions on an undetermined number of women who were part of the ELN and the so-called group Ejército Revolucionario Guevarista (ERG).
In this sense, the 2nd Special Court of Pereira (Risaralda) sentenced alias El Enfermero to 40 years and 9 months in prison for the crimes of forced abortion in protected person and torture in protected person committed in series.
The evidence obtained by a prosecutor from the Special Office against Violations of Human Rights showed that Arboleda Buitrago committed crimes between 1997 and 2004, in the areas of Risaralda, Caldas, Antioquia, Chocó and Valle del Cauca.
In the course of the investigation, nearly 40 testimonies of victims were obtained, many of them minors, Embera Chamí indigenous people and Afro-descendant communities. All the statements agreed about: “alias El Enfermero sold himself to the highest bidder. He acted as a ‘mercenary’ who indiscriminately interrupted pregnancies for personal gain, a gain which was a product of pain and of putting women´s lives at risk”.
As a matter of fact, the Office of the Attorney General stated in different speeches that the defendant acted deliberately, systematically, and massively against women´s rights and dignity. For the judge, this argument was fully demonstrated and therefore, he ordered a prison sentence against Héctor Albeidis Arboleda Buitrago.