The sentenced man was the ringleader of a structure of the ‘Clan del Golfo’ that operates in the north area of Antioquia.
The conclusive evidence obtained by a prosecutor from the Special Investigation Unit (Unidad Especial de Investigación UEI) was decisive for a judge to sentence Julio Andrés Rivera Jiménez, alias Panqueque or Campanita to 40 years in prison for crimes against social leaders in Antioquia.
‘Panqueque’, the leader of a substructure of the ‘Clan del Golfo’, was found guilty for the crimes of aggravated homicide and aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime.
The Prosecutor’s Office demonstrated that the man participated in the murder of human rights defenders Hugo Albeiro George Pérez and Dimar Egidio Zapata George, who belonged to the Ríos Vivos Organization and led actions in Ituango (Antioquia) in defense of the land and care for the environment.
On May 2, 2018, in the Puerto Valdivia rural area in Valdivia (Antioquia), the victims were attacked in a commercial establishment by armed men who shot them indiscriminately, causing their death.
Alias Panqueque must serve a sentence in prison. The sentence was pronounced on first instance and may be challenged by legal remedies.
The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.
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The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out 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.