The territorial approach established by the Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, to clarify the crimes committed against human rights defenders, people in process of reincorporation, community leaders and peasants, representatives of indigenous communities, among other populations with special protection, allowed the Special Itinerant Group to obtain important investigative advances. 

Antioquia 

Thanks to the evidence provided by the Office of the Attorney General, the Third Criminal Court of the Special Circuit Court in Antioquia sentenced José Daniel Vélez Valencia, alias el Flaco, hitman of the so-called ‘Clan del Golfo’, for criminal acts that were committed in Ituango (Antioquia), between December 13, 2019 and January 12, 2020. 

This person was sentenced to 19 years in prison and charged with aggravated murder, aggravated criminal conspiracy; manufacture, trafficking, possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition; torture, theft and kidnapping. 

With this action, the Special Itinerant Group of the Office of the Attorney General clarifies four criminal actions in Ituango (Antioquia): 

  1. Murder of a person in process of reincorporation: Manuel Antonio González Buelvas, which took place on December 13, 2019 in the rural area Quebrada del Medio. 
  2. Murder of the community leader Carlos Andrés Cardona Ruiz, on January 1st, 2020. 
  3. Kidnapping and torture of a minor, relative of a person in process of reincorporation committed on January 11th. 
  4. Theft committed on January 12, 2020. 

In this way, the Office of the Attorney General continues impacting the substructure Edwin Román Velásquez Valle, a substructure of Clan del Golfo. Its alleged leader, León Darío Úsuga Manco, alias Juan or el Negro, was arrested and prosecuted.  The process of another of its hitmen, Cristian Felipe Rúa Rodas, alias Pipe, precluded due to his death. 

Pasto (Nariño) 

The First Municipal Criminal Court in Pasto (Nariño), with supervisory functions, approved the arguments presented by the Office of the Attorney General and imposed a prison sentence against Luis Mauricio Archila, as the alleged perpetrator of the murder of Jaime Rodrigo Díaz Arciniegas, a person in process of reincorporation, which took place on June 29, in Pasto (Nariño). 

For these facts, the Office of the Attorney General charged him with aggravated murder with multiple concurrent crimes and illegal possession of weapons. 

Quibdó (Chocó) 

Before a supervisory judge in Quibdó (Chocó), the Office of the Attorney General charged Calletano Hinestroza Rentería, alias Bamboleo, with aggravated murder with multiple concurrent crimes and aggravated illegal possession of firearms. 

According to the investigations, the person was the co-author of the murder of Cresencio Santos Espinoza, a person in process of reincorporation, which was committed on January 12, 2020 in neighborhood Los Alamos, sector La Arrocera in Quibdó (Chocó). Alias ​​Bamboleo must serve a prison sentence. 

La Macarena (Meta) 

Rolan Arnulfo Torres Huertas, alias Álvaro Boyaco, alleged leader of the Residual Organized Armed Group (Gaor), Jorge Briceño Suárez, was sent to prison for the crimes of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder; manufacture, trafficking and possession of arms, ammunition for restricted use, for the exclusive use of the armed forces or explosives; conspiracy to commit a crime, and aggravated robbery. 

With the prosecution of Torres Huertas, 11 murders were clarified (one person in process of reincorporation, eight Army officers, a patrolman and a civilian) and 13 attempted homicides. Facts took place between January and June 2020 in La Macarena (Meta). 

The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest. 

 

The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out the criminal investigations within the Office of the Attorney General. By the time this communication is disclosed, the legal status of the people mentioned is still pending to be resolved by the competent judicial authority, always under the presumption of innocence contemplated by Article 29 of the Political Constitution and Article 7 of Law 906 of 2004.