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UNCLASSIFIED - 104 - AA. Trial proceedings continued against (76) Army Sergeant Albeiro Pérez Duque (also listed as #45 in this list) for human rights-related crimes. Hearing are being held, and a guilty verdict is being sought. (Court information and description of case not available) (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 2102) BB. Trial proceedings continued before the Penal Circuit Court in Ocaña against (77) Army Soldier Carlos Alberto Heredia Botello for human rights-related crimes. (Description of case not available) (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 491) CC. Trial proceedings continued against (78) Army Lieutenant Carlos Andrés Lora Cabrales for human rights-related crimes. He is detained at the Army‘s Cantón Sur Artillery School in Bogotá per the court‘s order. (Court information and description of case not available) (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 3156) UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED - 105 - Annex D: Resolution of Cases by the Prosecutor General’s Office Between June 29, 2008 and June 15, 2009, 53 the Colombian government reported that the Prosecutor General‘s Office concluded case proceedings against 34 members of the Armed Forces in nine cases for violations of human rights and for collaborating with paramilitary groups: A. On August 25, 2008, the 2 nd Penal Circuit Court of Valledupar sentenced (1) Army Professional Soldier Adolfo Guerrero Camargo to 480 months (40 years) in prison for the murders of Mario Alberto Camargo Barahona, José Enrique Gutierrez Arias, and Yeiner Alfredo Pérez Arias who were reported as killed in combat on July 3, 2006, in the city of Santa Marta, in La Jagua del Pilar (La Guajira) (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 3758). B. On September 30, 2008, (2) Army Sub-official Yon Andrei Sinisterra Payán, from the Army‘s 1 st Counternarcotics Battalion, was sentenced to time in prison (length of sentence unknown) for his role in the deaths of Luís Alfonso Florez Toro and Ildefonso Cifuentes Velasquez during ―Operation Sovereignty‖ in Montenegro (Quindío) on April 14, 2005. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 3160) C. On February 5, 2009, the 1 st Penal Court for the Circuit of Rionegro (Antioquia), sentenced four soldiers from the 4 th Mechanized Infantry Group (―Juan de Corral‖) to 396 months in prison for homicide of a protected person and simple kidnapping for their roles in the detention and death of Gabriel Valencia, who was subsequently reported as killed in combat in the town of El Zancudo, Argelia (Antioquia) on October 5, 2005. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 3168) (3) Army Soldier Ameiro Ameiro Lewis Palacio Copete (4) Army Soldier (retired) Wilson Antonio Garces George (5) Army Soldier Wilson Andrés Bonilla Blandon (6) Army Lieutenant (retired) Ramiro Jairo Ramírez Ortega D. On March 26, 2009, the 2 nd Penal Circuit Court of Apartadó, sentenced 7 soldiers to 30 years in prison for homicide of a protected person for their role in the disappearance and death of Edilberto Vásquez Cardona, a member of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community, on January 12, 2006. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 3131) (7) Army Second Sergeant Fredy Torres Botero (8) Army First Corporal Regino Ceren Paz (9) Army Soldier Cesar Duvan Ciro Martínez 53 Time frame available as of July 31, 2009. UNCLASSIFIED
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- 3 - LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT AND SCOPE
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UNCLASSIFIED - 43 - 8) Carlos Iván
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SECTION 7046(b)(1)(B)(iv) UNCLASSIF
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