During the visit to Cúcuta, the Attorney General of the Nation, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, maintained that there has been systematic violent action by organized crime structures against women in Norte de Santander.
“There is abundant evidence material collected in different proceedings, which has allowed the Prosecutor’s Office to obtain arrest warrants against the top leaders of the dissidents of the 33rd front of the Farc and the ELN, as allegedly responsible for the murder of eight women, in different events that occurred between April and November 2021,” said Barbosa.
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The head of the investigating body maintained that six of the violent deaths are attributed to dissidence, for this reason, judicial requirements are made directly Javier Alonso Veloza, alias ‘Jhon Mechas’; Martin Leonel Pérez Castro, alias ‘Richard’; and Willington Henao Gutiérrez, alias ‘Mocho Olmedo’, from the FARC dissidents.
While the ELN would be involved in two murders; this is how the arrest warrant falls on José Aquiles Martínez Portillo, alias ‘Arbey’, head of the Juan Fernando Porras Martínez front.
“In this way, the Prosecutor’s Office advances with determination in clarifying cases such as the crime of the sectional prosecutor Esperanza Navas Sánchez, which happened on June 9, 2021, in Tibú in Norte de Santander,” said the Attorney General of the Nation.
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According to prosecutor Barbosaforensic analysis and evidence They realize that the dissidents of the 33rd front of the Farc ordered the assassination of the official, in retaliation for the judicial actions against the criminal structure.
The prosecution confirmed that With the issuance of these arrest warrants, 81% progress was achieved in clarifying homicides against women. in this department
This visit by the Attorney General of the Nation, Francisco Barbosa, to Cúcuta was carried out in the company of Deputy Attorney General Martha Janeth Mancera; the delegate against Organized Crime, Javier García Trochez, and the Norte de Santander sectional director, Daniel Alexander Tapias Ocampo, who confirmed that the investigative work carried out by the entity made it possible to expose the perpetrators of the murder of the eight women in the area of the Catatumbo.
