The former governor of Meta is investigated for alleged links to paramilitary groups.
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace, JEP, rejected the request for submission of the former governor of Meta Edilberto Castro Rincón, who was convicted by the Supreme Court of Justice for aggravated homicide, conclusion of a contract without compliance with legal requirements, embezzlement by appropriation and conspiracy to commit a crime
The Juridical Situations Definition Chamber of the JEP had already rejected a request in this regard, but the decision was revoked by the Appeal Section through Auto TP-SA 1266 of October 20, 2022.
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The JEP considered that the conduct committed by the former governor could have an indirect relationship with the armed conflict, so it ordered the Definition Chamber to present him with a clear, concrete and satisfactory programmed commitment, in which he must indicate, among others, his contributions to the truth and the plan of restoration and non-repetition.
However, the former sectional president did not comply with the conditionality regime that was imposed on him on three occasions for him to appear before said room.
The Ordinary Justice had been found responsible for allying during his mandate, between 2004 and 2007, with the former paramilitary chiefs ‘Don Mario’, commander of the Centauros Block of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
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This alliance ended in the murder of the former governor of Meta Carlos Javier Sabogal Mojica and his political opponent Euser Rondón Vargas, whose campaign was also financed by the paramilitaries and Nubia Sánchez Romero, a representative of that department.
The victims had at the time presented complaints that generated the opening of criminal, disciplinary and fiscal proceedings against former governor Castro Rincón, which ended in his conviction in the ordinary justice system.
Source: Integrated Information System
