The Chamber for the Recognition of Truth, of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, JEP, will be held on July 18 and 19 the truth recognition hearing of the 12 members of the National Armywho were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity for the murder and forced disappearance that were unlawfully presented as combat casualties.
Therefore, within the facts related to the Artillery Battalion No. 2 La Popa a total of 15 appearing parties were charged of which three did not acknowledge their responsibility for the events.
They are Publio Hernán Mejía Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos Figueroa and José Pastor Ruiz Mahechawhose cases were sent to the Investigation and Accusation Unit to process the adversary process if they are defeated in court, are exposed to a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
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During the diligence that will be carried out in Valledupar, those appearing who were accused of being the most responsible for the ‘false positives’ that occurred on the Caribbean Coast must go from the written acknowledgment that they delivered to the judiciary, to a public acknowledgment before the justice system, the victims and Colombian society.
To the recognition audience members of the Army were summoned who were declared responsible for their decisive participation in the murder of 127 people in the north of Cesar and the south of La Guajira. These are those appearing who were part of the La Popa Battalion between January 9, 2002 and July 9, 2005.
Among those summoned are Alex José Mercado Sierra, Carlos Andrés Lora Cabrales, Eduart Gustavo Álvarez Mejía, Efraín Andrade Perea, Elkin Leonardo Burgos Suárez, Elkin Rojas, Guillermo Gutiérrez Riveros, Heber Hernán Gómez Naranjo, José de Jesús Rueda Quintero, Juan Carlos Soto Sepúlveda , Manuel Valentín Padilla and Yeris Andrés Gómez Coronel.
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In the judicial process, the kankuama indigenous authorities, wiwa and the accredited victims in Case 03: Murders and forced disappearances presented as casualties in combat by State agents, Caribbean Coast subcase and its judicial representatives, as well as the Delegate Attorney General with Coordination and Intervention Functions before the JEP.
