"A decrease was more important than ten catches, they are results that they asked for": Exoph for the JEP in Santander

In Bucaramanga a hearing of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) was held in which they appeared 31 exingents of the Public Force and an ancient detective of the extinct das that belonged to Gaula Santander, for facts related to false positives, illegal casualties in which the objectives were presented as members of armed groups.

For more than ten hours the magistracy listened to the appearing parties, who occupied different positions, from soldiers to captains and colonels. All seek to be welcomed by special justice under the premise of truth, reparation and not repetition, although the JEP has not considered them “Maximum responsible in murders and forced disappearances presented as casualties in combat in the department ”.

The diligence was developed within the framework of the consolidation of contributions to the truth. There, the former members of the public force delivered their versions about the facts. The process was led by two magistrates of the Legal Situations Definition Chamber, who follow up to the conditionality regime, a set of commitments and obligations assumed by the people who accept the JEP in order to receive the benefits of transitional justice.

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In the interventions, some appears indicated that the requirements of results influenced the commission of crimes. “Unfortunately, the results pressure. There were guidelines with classification of the brigades belonging to the divisions. The psychological pressure with the classification of the units automatically leads it to develop such operations”Admitted the ex -official Antonio Ussa Cabrera.

The former official explained that the commanders were punished by the low results: “They relieved him in command, They were taken from the units for low operational results And so the annotations remained. These annotations were decisive in the studies to ascend in office. They are mortal for a commander. ”

On the other hand, the victims also had a voice, and before the statements one of them said: “I tremble with painhe just confessed with his mouth, that he was thirsty to grow. ”

The audience also detailed the military procedures in which one of the homicides occurred. “(In) military operations, one makes a document, I expose it to the brigade, which I go behind or against an illegal structure. Thus I present the operation, when the sergeant tells me that they will give us a member of the AUC”, Said another appearing.

The excoronel concluded his testimony ensuring that at the time he exercised as commander “A decrease was more important than ten catches. It is results that they asked. The priority was to develop deaths in fighting. ”

The audience will continue for three days, reviewing cases in which, according to the JEP, they would have presented extrajudicial executions In military operations.