Agents of the Technical Investigative Team (CTI) of the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia captured Nelson Zabala Vergel, alias Mario Veinte, former Commander of the Alfredo Socarras’ front of the self-defense of Colombia (AUC), who appeared by himself in the Office of the Attorney General in Bucaramanga.
7 arrest warrants were issued against Alias Mario Veinte for homicide in protected person, aggravated conspiracy to commit crimes, illicit recruitment and aggravated theft.
Currently, the nominee for benefits given by Justice and Peace Law is detained at Modelo prison in Bucaramanga for his activities in the Bolívar Central Bloc of the AUC from May 1997 until December 2005.
Zabala is under orders of the 44 Prosecutor’s Office in the National Unit of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law which will determine his legal status in the coming days.