Those involved are Major General Erik Rodríguez Aparicio and Brigadier General Federico Alberto Mejía Torres
Archive image of General Federico Mejía in an army promotion ceremony.
The National Army delivered a statement by denying an alleged complaint by Major General Erik Rodríguez Aparicio, second commander of the institution, Against Brigadier General Federico Alberto Mejía Torresexcommond of the third division.
The military letter affirms that “to date Mr. Mayor Erik Rodríguez Aparicio He has not filed a complaint against Mr. Brigadier General Federico Alberto Mejía Torres “currently under the National Training Center.
Even so, the institution confirmed that The Attorney General’s Office does advance an investigation against Mejíabut not for accusations from Rodríguez, but for a news that the week magazine published on May 4, “which was public knowledge.”
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The accusing body notified the senior officer that the seventh delegate prosecutor’s office before the Supreme Court of Justice began an inquiry against him. In social networks and some media it was disseminated that everything had begun with the complaint of the second commander.
The Prosecutor’s Office seeks to establish whether Mejía allied with illegal groups in the middle of the Perseus operation, with which the military forces took the municipality of El Silver, in Cauca, in Cauca, To block drug trafficking from FARC dissidents In the Micay Canyon.
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Mejía was in charge of the offensive, first as Chief of the Specific Command of Cauca And then like Commander of the Third Division. The general Brigadier’s career in the army adds 35 years, in which he has been in infantry, jungle brigades and special forces.
“In parallel, Within the National Army the corresponding disciplinary actions were advanced“The Army emphasized the statement, which added that the Attorney General initiated a process for the same accusations.
Source: Integrated information system
