This group of uniformed in the Battalion La Popa de Valledupar was convicted of war crimes and humanity.
Special jurisdiction for peace (JEP) condemned a restorative sanction between 5 to 8 years to the 12 military who were part of the Artillery Battalion number 2 La Valledupar stern (César), as maximum responsible for the murder and forced disappearance of 135 people in events recorded in northern Cesar and the south of La Guajira.
Within the framework of the scandal of the so -called ‘false positives’, This sentence contemplates a restriction of freedom that will include permanent monitoring During the sanction time, through an electronic device similar to a smart watch.
Several were established Restorative projects as part of the sanction that these uniformed must fulfill.
Ana Manuela Ochoa Arias, as speaker magistrate, was in charge of Announce this first sentence against members of the public force involved in these crimes presented as ‘false casualties in combat’ By state agents investigated in the Costa Caribe Subcase, perpetrated between January 9, 2002 and July 9, 2005.
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The JEP concluded that each of these military He had an essential role in a criminal plan that presented murders and forced disappearances as false casualties in combat in this region of the country.
The magistrates mainly identified two crime patterns. The first, related to murders that occurred within the framework of a collusion relationship between the members of the public force and the paramilitary groups that operated in the area.
In second place, It was established as another criminal pattern that the victims were people as vulnerability.
This group of uniformed were found guilty of crimes against humanity as forced disappearance, murder, torture and persecution, as for war crimes as homicide in protected person.
The JEP documented in this case a multidimensional affectation that extended to the relatives of the victims killed and disappeared to be presented as false casualties in combat when determining Damage to physical and psychic integrity by fear, terror, insecurity and trauma, which resulted in isolation, sleep and depression disorders.
Two were also evidenced to the life project: frustration of vital projects such as de -schooling, Field abandonment, destruction of family ties
“The loss of parents, brothers, husbands, sons and daughters with intergenerational impacts. (…) Affectations to personal and family heritage; Land abandonment, loss of job opportunities and displacements, in addition to effects on memory, good name, honor and reputation of the victims, “says one of the sections of the document.
The JEP decision also referred to “damage to the territory and the environment in relation to the affectation to sacred places, changes in the uses of the territory and damage to nature”
More than 500,000 folios were verified by the magistrates, when issuing this sentence Against this group of uniformed.
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