Alleged member of Los Satan criminal group accused of several homicides in Huila, was sent to prison

The defendant allegedly participated, along with alias Porcelana or Satan, in the murder of several people that were buried in mass graves in Silvania sector in Gigante (Huila).

A  judge imposed a prison sentence on Carlos Alberto Castaño Rueda, alias Andrés, allegedly responsible for the crimes of aggravated homicide, forced displacement; trafficking, manufacture or possession of narcotics and; manufacture, trafficking, possession of firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition, in Huila.

According to the investigation, the incident for which Castaño Rueda was prosecuted occurred in Silvania, rural area of ​​Gigante (Huila). ‘Andrés’, who would be part of the criminal group Los Satan, under the command of Janer Iván Morales Poveda, alias Porcelana or Satan, would be the alleged perpetrator of several homicides committed in this department.

Among the victims, there are alleged drug users and workers of coffee growing farms who were forced to join their criminal group in order to take control of the region. If they refused to join the group, they would be murdered, dismembered and buried in mass graves in wooded areas of that municipality.

The work carried out by the Technical Investigative Corps (Cuerpo Técnico de Investigación CTI) with the support of the National Police, led to the arrest of Castaño Rueda on a public road in Gigante (Huila).

The defendant did not plead guilty to the charges brought by a specialized prosecutor from the Sectional Office in Huila.

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 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.